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AN y^^ 

DELIVERED AT THE CELEBRATION 

OF THE 

FIRST CE1\TE]V1VIAL AN.^IVERSARY ^ 

OF THE 

IJV CH*iJtLESTOJ%\ 

ON THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH. 

ANNO DOMINI, 1837. 



By JOSHUA \Y. TOOiHER, 

A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY. 



ACCOMPANIED BY 

PRELIMINARY NOTICES OF THE CELEBRATION, 

AND AN APPENDIX 

CONTAINING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
OF SEVERAL DECEASED MEMBERS AND BENEFACTORS, 

TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETE CATALOGUE 

OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY, UNTIL 
ITS FIRST CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY. 



CHARLESTON, 

PRINTED BY A. E. MILLER, 

No. 4, Broad-8tre«t . 



1837. 






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PRELlIKIiWAUY NOTICES, 



The Society with its invited GuGsts assembled at the Hall, in Meeting-street, at 
10 o'clock, A. M. aud formed the following 

ORDER OF PROCESSION. 



Band of Music. 

Teachers and Scholars of the Male Academy. 

Committee for the Centennial Celebration. 

Stantlari of the Society, 
(borne by Col. Robkrt Howard, one of the members of longest standing.) 

Steward of the Society. — Right Rev. Bishop Bowe.v. — Orator of the Day. 

Senior and Junior Wardens. 

Secretary and Treasurer. 

Mayor and Corporation of Charleston. 

Present and late Members of Congress, from Charleston District. 

Jud53-( of the United States, '=^tate, and City Courts. 

Presidents of Charitable Societiss. in the order of seniority of tlieir 
re>ip9ctive Societies. 

Mambers f the South-Carolina Society, according to the date 
of their admission. 

Tha Constables of the Society, acting as 

Majriaaidoftiia Ikiv. 



The Procession was formed in the enclosure of the Society's House, and 
moved down Meeting-street, on the East side, until it arrived at South-Bay; it 
then crossed over to the West side of Meeting-street, and moved Northward till it 
readied and entered St. Michael's Church. 

The Society and Invited Guests occupied the Body of the Church ; the Scholars 
of the Male Academy entered the Front Pews of the South Gallery; the Scholars 
of the Female Academy occupied the Front Pews of the North Gallery, while the 
Female Pensioners on the bciunty of the Society, were admitted by tickets to tho 
right and left sides of the Organ loft. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES 

IN THE CHURCH. 



VOI.IJl\TAK¥ 0\ TaiE ORGAM. 



CHANT.— Gloria in Excelsis» {FitiU Choir.) 



DEVOTIONAi. EXEI5CISES, 

XfU the Ml. SSev. Ifr. Hoicen, (« JUanbcr,) 

INCLUDIiNG THE FOLLOWING PRAYER. 

God, ironi whom all holy desires, all good coun- 
sels, and all just works do proceed, and who didst put it 
into the hearts of thy servants our Fathers, to found the 
institution, which, with religious gratitude and joy, as- 
semliles its members in thy jiresence, to celebrate on 
this, its so memoraljle day, the success and prosperity, 
with which, at the end of so many years, thou art found 
to have blessed it; accept, we beseech thee, the thank- 
offering with wdiich thei/ now come before thee. And, 
O thou, from whom alone cometh every good and per- 
fect gift, grant that the sense of thy goodness, in giving 
to the work of their hands so great prosperity, may 
lead to the increase and strength of the desire and pur- 
pose of the hearts of thy servants, always so to pursue 
the objects of their association, as to promote thy glory, 
and secure upon it thy continued favor and blessing. 
Bless the officers of this institution; enduing them with 



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grace to fulfil their several duties acceptably in thy 
sight, and to the effectual furtherance, more and more, 
of the charity that clothes the naked, feeds the hungry, 
instructs the ignorant, comforts the afflicted, and gives 
protection and support to the destitute and helpless. 
Give thy blessing, O Lord, to the schools of this institu- 
tion, that they may well accomplish their desie^n, in 
becoming seminaries of sound knowledge, scriptural 
piety, and all religious and social virtue, to the increase 
of the welfare of the Commonwealth, and the trans- 
mission to the generations that shall he horn, of the princi- 
ples which alone can exalt a nation, and secure it that fa- 
vor and blessing from thee, without which, thou, O God, 
"wilt not go forth with its hosts to the battle," and the 
civil "watchman waketh but in vain." And, O God, 
who hast taught us that all our doings without charity, 
are nothing worth, on all the institutions of true henevo- 
lence throughout our country and the inorld, we would 
implore thy heavenly blessing; that they may so give 
the fruits of the spirit, according to the gospel of Jesus 
Christ, to abound, that every where "the wilderness" 
of the state of man "may be glad for them," and "the 
desert" of his so often barren sojourn "rejoice and blos- 
som as the rose." Finally, we beseech thee to look 
favorably, O Lord, upon the acts in which thy servants 
come together to celebrate thy great goodness, in pro- 
moting the work of their hands. May they be accept- 
ed before thee, as having nothing in them, that defileth 
or can make unclean in thy sight. All which we ask 
in the name and for the sake of Jesus Christ, to whom 
with the Father and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and 
glory, wurld without •cmL—^AjiieTi. 



ODE. (Full Choir.) 

By Mi'S MARY F. LEE,— Daughter of a Member. 

Hail to the day that's now beaming around us, 
Record and seal of a hundred years past! 
God bless the causa thit together hath bound us. 
Long as tliere's life in one pulse may it last. 

Herald of good in store, 

Witness of mercies o'er, 
Charity's port in our dear Southern land ; 

Brothers, let memory's chain 

Still in our hearts retain 
Those who in wisdom the structure have plann'd. 

Who would forget them ? pure spirits ! that planted 
Firmly the corner stone where we but build; 
Slow was the worI<, but t'le'r faith was undaunted, 
'God' for their watchword and love for their shield. 
Peace to each honored name, 
Prond birthright though we claim. 
Won by a band of true patriots all, 

Yet now our country's weal 
Needs more than warrior's zeal- 
Warm souls to rally at Charity's call. 

Crowns have grown playthings since first we united. 
Glory's frail fabrics have fallen to nought; 
Nations have risen like lamps newly lighted, 
Then in oppression's dark mantle been caught 

While like a sunny rill, 

Silert yet gaining still. 
Deeper and wider our influence has spread; 

Soothing the widow's fears. 

Wiping the orphan's tears. 
Strength to the weak, to tl;e fatherless, bread. 

On ! Brot'iers, on! let ns rest not beneath it, 
Mercy's fair pile is but scarcely begun; 
Still with good deeds let us strive to enwreath it, 
Knit heart and hand ever closely in one. 

Till, like a column bright, 

Kindled with heaven's light, 
Clear shall it stand on the dim shore of time ; 

Systems may fail and die. 

Suns them.selves leave the sky, 
Charity lives through Eternity's clicie. 



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ORATION BY JOSHUA W. T003TER, ESQ. 



OI>E. (Duel asBil C!ioir.) 

Bv Rev. SAMUEL GILMAN, a Member. 

Come, let the song recall 
One hundred years; 

Hark! their last footsteps fall- 
One hundred years ! 

Small was our plant at first, 

But it was fondly nurs-t, 

And it has proudly burst, 
One hundred years. 

Here have our fathers met 

One hundred years ; 
Serial and faithlul yet, 

One hundred years; 
Brethren have grasp'd the hand, 
Friendship has ciasp'd the baud, 
Charity nobly plann'd, 

One hundred years. 

High souls have gather'd hero 

One hundred years; 
Prompt to dry sorrow's tear, 

One hundred years. 
South-Carolina's pride 
Here have moved side by side, 
Pouring the heart's full tide, 

One hundred years. 

Forward, then, band of love, 

Hundreds of years ! 
Blest by your God above 

Hundreds of years. 
Still to the suflerer fly, 
Still calm the mourner's sigh. 
Still light her otispring's eye. 

Hundreds of years. 

The day was closed with a dinner at the Hall, partaken by the Society and their 
Invited Guests, and enlivened by a great variety of Songs, Sentiments, and expres- 
eious of mutual sympathy. 



ADDRESS. 



Gentlemen of the South- Carolina Society ! 

The present is, to us, an occasion of deep and impos- 
ing interest. We stand, this day, on the hne which 
divides one century from another; and, while, we look 
back to the Ijeginning of that wdiich is passed, and find 
not one remaininor on the starve of life to hear the o-rate- 
ful commendations we would offer to the Authors of 
the noljle Charities, we now celebrate, our minds are 
naturally carried onward to the termination of that 
which is this day begun — ■when, in all human proba- 
bility, every one of us — every one of this large assem- 
bly of animated Being (now met together to take a 
retrospect of acts of unmingled good — and to review 
the history of humble and unassuming, but, of perse- 
vering and efficient effiDrts, in the cause of afflicted 
humanity,) shall tlien, alike with our predecessors, 

" have rendered >ip our trust, 



" And men unborn, shall tread upon our dust." 

Fleeting, however, as xnny be our individual exist- 
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ences it is consolatory to reflect, that by virtue of the 
legal perpetuity of our corporate existence, a durabili- 
ty and permanence is secured to all the objects of this 
Association, which cannot be affected by a change of 
its members, and therefore, at the conclusion of the 
era now entered on, our successors may, in like man- 
ner, meet together and celebrate another Jubilee in 
the cause of Charity. 

When the days of an indivdual are lengthened out 
to many years — and those years full of usefulness — it 
is both natural and instructive to inquire into the cir- 
cumstances of his birth — the gradual development of 
his faculties, and the discipline of that education which 
has resulted in his own, and the benefit of his fellow- 
men. So it is with communities, whether they possess 
the magnitude and importance of nations, or are only 
the parts thereof — when they extend a happy and 
abiding influence over the people of their age and 
country, they become the subjects of investigation to 
every philosophic mind, we delight to trace them to 
their origin — to follow them in the career of their use- 
fulness, and to give them the meed of our gratitude 
and our praise. 

It is by no means an easy task to give interest to the 
recital of events, growing out of the proceedings of a 
Society, unconnected with the public concerns of the 
country, and wanting in incidents of individual and 
separate importance ; and therefore I can hope to im- 



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part to my subjectno greater attraction, than that which 
intrinsically belongs to a good cause, progressing in 
the even tenor of its way, with unabating zeal and un- 
faultering energy, to the attainment of its object — 

The fidelity of the sketch, therefore, must constitute 
its merit — 

About ONE HUNDRED YEARS ago, a fcw humblc and 
perhaps undistinguished, but upright and honorable 
and benevolent men — the emio;rants and the descend- 
ants, for the most part, of the emigrants from the per- 
secutions of the French Calvinistic Church — formed 
themselves into a social assembly — where they could 
weekly relax from the labors of their several callings — 
enjoy the interchange of congenial sentiments — culti- 
vate the feelings of good brotherhood, and contribute 
to the wants of such of their members as might need 
their aid. 

Under the combined influence of a love of society 
and a love of their fellow men, they unconsciously 
sowed the seeds of a ^reat Tree, in whose fruitful 
branches, their children and their children's children, 
have taken shelter. 

The first meeting of this Society cannot be asser- 
tained with precision, because of the destruction of 
its Journals, in the great fire of 1740. Its members, 
according to the tradition, it seems, met about the end of 
the year 1736, or early in 1737, at the house of one of 
their number, who wa* in low circumstances, and had 



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opened a small tavern, and paid in, at tlieir weekly 
meetino^, two pence or two hitts, towards the patronage 
of tliat member, and the raising of a fund for the re- 
lief of others who may stand in need. Tlieir humble 
appellation was " The Two BUt Club.'' On the first 
day of September following, however, such was the 
rapidity of their growth, that they deemed it proper 
to enact a body of rules, to which the signatures and 
seals o^\\\e members were affixed, and recorded in the 
office of the Secretary of State. K formality, which, 
at first sight, would seem uncalled lor by the then ex- 
istinof state of the Club, but which manifested the 
deliberation and prudence with which every thing was 
done by those venerable men, and would seem (now 
that we know the results) to have l)een dictated by an 
animating presentmicnt, and a wise determination 
that the work which they had in hand was not to be 
the llims}' fabric of a day, but a noble edifice, whose 
towering walls and spacious roof, built on the firm foun- 
dation of Christian Charity, should stand to the latest 
posterity, amidst the conflicts of the adverse elements, 
a monument of the wisdom and the virtue of its build- 
ers ! — an Asylum, sacred to the protection and repose 
of unfortunate brethern, their widows and their 
orphans. 

The Societ}- was, however, undoubtedly organized 
at an earlier period, and Irom the provisions of the 
third rule, appointing its lirst annual meeting on the 



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Tuesday after Easter, and from other circumstances, 
it is fairly inferrible, that on that day, in 1737, it went 
into full operation. It is equally certain, that it existed 
prior to that day, as appears from the dates of admis- 
sion annexed to the autooraphs to the original rules- 
several of which hear date as far back as the 3d of 
January in that year. 

Its birth-day may then safely be affixed to that 
period. 

The name, which it now bears, was, certainly, not 
given to it till the 1st of September 1737. It is said, 
in the Introduction to the fifth edition of the Rules, 
(printed in 1794) that prior to that day, the French 
language was spoken in the Club. The English lan- 
guage Vv^as then adopted, which shews that the mem- 
bers of the French Calvinistic Congregation, were soon 
united with, and supp(~)rted by other denominations of 
Christians — and thus the Society Ijecame as general, 
in respect to its national character, as it was of the 
principles on which it was founded — that principle of 
Christian benevolence, which knows no limits to its 
exercise, but the claims of want and its own capacity 
to relieve. 

With this expansion of its character, it assumed the 
name of " The Soiitli-CaroUna Socief?/." The name 
of a State — of whose people it may be said, without 
too much of pretension, or self-complacency — that they 
have ever lent a listening car, and raised a helping 



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hand, to the calls, and the claims, of suffering hu- 
manity. 

From this time, till the year 1751, the Society stea- 
dily pursued its course of usefulness, and then received 
a charter of incorporation ; — ^becoming, thereby, the 
oldest charitable corporation in this State. 

In the Preface to the first cop}^ of the fundamental 
Rules, printed in 1754, the unassuming character of 
its origin, is thus adverted to, in connexion with its 
then prosperous condition : 

•' A handful of men (not the rich and opulent) in a 
" few years, by the most trivial contributions, and 
" under the influence of the following plain and sim- 
" pie rules, have now accumulated a capital of tivo 
" tJwusand pounds sterling, which is hourly increasing 
" and improving for the best purposes. 

" Nor have they been hitherto inactive. Many mem- 
" bers and their families in the day of distress have reap- 
** ed the rights of membership and felt the blessing flow- 
" in a- from the connexion, while others in an infant and 
" helpless state, although not belonging to the Society, 
" have also been sharers of its liberality. The tender 
" heart and hand, taught by the Society's bounty, the 
" use of letters, and the pen, have already offered their 
" first fruits in strains of gratitude and thoughtfulness. 

" Thus the Vine, which, but a few years ago, was a 
" small twig, is spreading its luxuriant branches — sup- 
" ported at a very little expense, it now shelters a few 



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" from the inclement blasts of poverty and want — and 
" may it not be expected, that in future time, it will 
" yield a more ample support to the indigent and the 
" distressed. 

" Surely a design, thus formed, and improved — a 
" design to prop a falling brother — to save a sinking 
** family, and father the helpless orphan, cannot fail of 
" the wished for success: Thus emulous to ends so 
" excellent, may the South-Carolina Society endure 
" to the latest Posterity." 

In language of such touching simplicity and un- 
adorned style, (breathing, however, the eloquence of 
the heart) is to be found, the first printed record of 
the experience and the hopes of our infant Society. 

The prediction hath been fulfilled — the holy As- 
piration has received an Answer — the "Design" of 
our Ancestors has not failed of success. We, a part of 
that Posterity, for whom they labored and prayed, have 
reaped the fruits of their generous efforts, and under 
the guidance and with the aid of Him, who hath hither- 
to been our Helper and Guide, we will transmit the 
blessing to a later, and still later Posterity. 

It will now be interesting to compare the means 
we now possess, with the scanty pittance from which 
they arose. 

A year after the Society had been in full operation 
its Treasury amounted to <£213. 16s. provincial cur- 
rency, or <£30. 10s. lOd. sterling — equal, in Federal 



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money, to S135. 75cts. Who, then, In the indulgence 
of the most sanguine hopes, could have anticipated 
the maonitude of Good, which has orown out of this 
beginning I Had any one, with the spirit of Prophecy, 
ventured to foretell, to those who then administered 
this scanty Treasury, that out of it were to issue the 
Supplies for the wants of hundreds of v^•idows and of 
orphans, would they not have answered, with the des- 
ponding widow of Zarephath, "we have but a handful 
of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse." But the 
Promise was unto them and unto their children — " The 
barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of 
oil fail." Yes ! with the increase of want our ability 
to give, hath been increased, and, notwithstanding, that 
day after day, and year after year, the meal and the 
oil have been distributed to the children of poverty — 
a GraciousProvidence hath sent his rain on our Inheri- 
tance, and increased our stores, so that so I'ar from 
being wasted or ha\'ing failed — our wealth is now, at 
the end of the century, more than one hundred fold 
of what it was at the beginning. 

Between these periods, presenting such widely dif- 
ferent conditions, the Records of the Societ}' present 
the most gratifying evidence of the generosity, pru- 
dence, and forecast with which its means were created, 
husbanded and improved — and of the liberality and 
economy with which they were expended, and when 
we take into account the disadvantages under which 



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the enterprize commenced, and the trying vicissitudes 
through which it has had to pass, we cannot but regard 
its eminent success as a striking manifestation of the 
Divine favor. 

It will naturally be asked, whence have we derived 
this accumulation, and whether, to secure it, we have 
not given with too sparing a hand I Our answer can 
be as true as it is satisfactory, — the regular and faith- 
ful contributions of its members has been the princi- 
pal source of our wealth ; (aided by the Donations of 
a ^e\v generous men), and we have limitted our Boun- 
ty, only by those rules of j^rudence, whose observance 
was necessary to give to it stability and permanence. 

The annual contributions of the Members were at 
first, only two pence per vi^eek, or eight shillings and 
eight pence per annum, and never exceeded thirteen 
dollars per annum, for the purposes of Charity. 

From these small sources, the means of doing great 
good have been principally derived, and as mighty 
rivers are to be traced to the mountain rivulets, that 
trickle from cliff to cliff, so these successive and 
continued contributions, however small in themselves, 
have swelled into a fruitful stream, which has fertilized 
many a spot that would otherwise have laid barren, 
amidst the burning sands of Adversity — and reared 
and expanded into beauty and usefulness many a ten- 
der and lovely Plant, that would otherwise have 
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drooped and withered and died in the bleak desert of 
destitute orphanage. 

With promptitude the Society set about the work 
which they had in hand; — they did not confine their 
Charities to their own Members, but educated the 
Chikiren of the Poor, to the extent of their al. ihty 
consistently with a faithful provision for the widows 
and orphans of their own household. 

The sums expended on the several objects of their 
Charity, from the year 1745, (for, with a character- 
istic prudence, the funds of the Society were reserved 
for accumulation for the first seven years) to the year 
1770, were veiy considerable, with which, as we learn 
from the Introductions to the Sth and 6th editions of 
the Rules, they were " in the constant habit of school- 
ing from 10 to 20 poor children, besides supporting 
decayed Members, their widows and children." And 
again, from 1770 to 1780, the number of Poor Chil- 
dren constantly clothed and educated by your Boun- 
ty, amounted, one year with another, to 25, and 
sometime to 30, in addition to the widows and chil- 
dren of the JMembers. 

The American Revolution impaired their capital 
so far as to oblige tliem, in March 1780, to discon- 
tinue their School; but this favorite object of their 
solicitude was again attained in 178(5, by the aid of a 
Lc^^acy wliivli had been bequeathed to them, by one 
of the most " worthy citizens of Carolina." 



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Perhaps, I cannot better set forth the general bene- 
fits produced by this Society than by adopting the 
language of the Introduction to the eighth edition of 
the Rules, published September, 1827, and written by 
a Gentleman whose accuracy is entirely to be relied 
on. lie says — 

" From the foundation of the Society to the pre- 
" sent day, a period of more than ninety-one years, 
*' thirty-four necessitous Members and one hun- 
" dred and three destitute widows have received an 
" annual support." Within this interval Education has 
been afforded to 1,170 children, — 851 of whom were 
unconnected with the Institution, and 374 were chil- 
dren of members, who were clothed as well as edu- 
cated : and there are, at present, two superannuated 
members, 26 indigent widows, and 14 orphans, the 
pupils of the academies recently instituted. 

From 1827 to this period, the general Charity 
Schools have been discontinued, and in their place 
have been substituted Academies, conducted on an 
enlarged scale, in which all the branches of a liberal 
education are taught, and in which the children of all 
our fellow-citizens, as well as those of the members, 
on nearly equal grounds, can be received. In this, as 
in every other instance, the Society have been anxious 
to extend the benefits of their system, beyond the 
limits of their peculiar comnumity. 



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From tlie above period also, continuing in the same 
course of Charity, the Society have expended a sum 
equal to an annual average of S7,000, and thereby 
have supported 47 widows, and clothed and educated 
53 children. 

Notwithstanding these heavy expenditures, the capi- 
tal has increased, and at this day amounts to one hun- 
dred and seventy thousand, seven hundred and thirty- 
two dollars, fifty -one cents, — with the income of which 
(to repeat the language used with a becoming pride and 
gratitude by their Predecessors) " they are feeding the 
" hungry, clothing the naked, and disseminating a de- 
" cent and useful education among the children of 
Poverty." Nay more, extending the benefits of the 
most liberal education, to their own children, and to 
those of all others who choose to avail themselves of the 
advantages offered them by the enlightened Patriotism 
of this Society. 

Brief as may be the history of our Society, and 
wanting as it is of those incidents, which, in themselves 
are calculated to arrest the attention and engage the 
feelings, the very fact of its existence, through such a 
lengthened period of time, and amidst such changes in 
the surrounding world, affords abundant topics for our 
contemplation. 

Its Origin is surrounded with peculiar interest, as 
well because of the character of its founders as the 
circumstances of their times. 



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They were the vlctmis of Persecution. As they 
themselves have said, they were not " the rich and 
opulent." With all the Protection and encouragement 
of the Edict of Nantz, they, or their immediate Ances- 
tors, while in their native country, were perpetually 
subject to the jealousies of their Religious Foes, and 
the tyranny of their misguided Monarchs, and there- 
fore excluded from the honors and the profits of their 
own government. Occupied in the labours of Manu- 
facture and Trade, Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, 
when they were forced, by the perfidious revocation 
of that celebrated Edict, to break up the establishment 
of their industry and enterprize, — to flee for refuge into 
unknown lands ; the pains of exile were heightened 
by the privations of jiovert}^ Upon their first settle- 
ment in this country, they found themselves strangers 
to the language, and aliens to the government ; and, it 
is painful to say, they met with many annoyances and 
embarrassments, from those political jealousies which 
the old enmities of their respective mother countries 
had engendered, and which the petty rivalries of a 
Colonial community were too ready to foster. They 
possessed neither the influence of Place, nor the 
power of OfHce, and therefore depended, for all the 
Good they proposed to do, on the force of a good cha- 
racter and a good cause. 

Under the pressure of these adverse accidents, it is 
beautiful to behold in them the effects of Christiq,n 



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Principles, untrammelled and unpolluted by the 
schemes and the devices of State Policy. The me- 
mory of their sufferings, and of the bitter perse- 
cutions ivhich had awaited them, or their immediate 
Ancestors, created in them no uncharitable feelings, 
no morose and selfish dispositions ; but, rising from 
the weight of their Calamit}'', at the earliest dawn of 
their Prosperity, they brought the first fruits of their 
industry, as an oblation on the altar of Benevolence, 
and exhibited their gratitude to their God, in acts of 
lo vino-kindness to their fellovv^ men. 

With the heart, there was the head, to do good. 
In a new, and Provincial country, where the wealth of 
individuals did not enable any man, or set of men, to 
become the Patrons of a particular enterprize, the 
steady and united co-operation of the many was the 
only plan calculated to produce an effect, and this 
proper course, the common sense of the people led 
them to adopt. Their success is a happy illustration 
of the mighty efficacy of a combination of small 
means. Consociated efforts l)ecame the instrument 
of public action. Societies became the characteristic 
trait of the people. Individual weakness was thus 
made strong, and individual poverty was thus made 
rich: and, that glorious principle of Union, enlarging 
its circumference from Individuals to Societies, and 
from Societies to States ; from having relieved the 
few from the pressure of Poverty, has, at length, 



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ematicipateJ a whole People from tlie oppression of 
Tyranny. 

We have already said, that this Society has derived 
its resources chiefly from the Contributions of the 
members. Althouoh it is true that several valuable 
Donations have been made, greatly auxiliary to the 
fun Is of our Institution, (and with gratitude we keep 
in mind these Benefactions) yet it is equally true, that 
the spirit of our Citizens has not shewn itself this way. 

It is the glory of the elder Brother of the Pilgrim 
States, that, without wanting the spirit of social Bene- 
volence, it has been the pride and the pleasure of the 
merchants of JMassachusetts, to pay of their abundance 
into the treasury of the Poor ; to return more than a 
tithe of the fruits of their labor to the soil in which 
they were raised, and to make the right hand of In- 
dustry tributary to the cause of Science, Literature, 
and Humanity. Thus, while the lofty Monument on 
Bunker's Hill, transmits to future ages, the fame of the 
Warriors and Statesmen of the Revolution, with an 
equal, if not more enduring power, will her Colleges, 
her Hospitals, her AtheuEEum and her Asylums, attest 
the virtues of those good Citizens, whose deeds live 
after them, in the blessings they have conferred on 
their Country, and on Posterity. vSuch an example is 
worthy of all imitation. The ambition to have one's 
memory embalmed in the gratitude of the widow and 
the orphan, is an ambition so pure and holy, that it 



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may be allowed to share the thoughts, and mingle with 
the hopes even of the dying man. 

These things are not said in a temper of reproach, but 
merely to call the attention of those who have, or may 
have, the ability, to acts of similar Beneficence, " pro- 
voking them to love and to good works." It is true, 
we have hitherto succeeded in our plans, by means of 
the ordinary contributions of our Members ; but with 
the increase of our Members, and the population of 
the country, there must be additional calls on our aid ; 
and special acts of munificence may be necessary to 
meet those claims. It is, therefore, worthy the con- 
sideration of those who desire to do good, whether 
they could adopt a better means of having their 
Bounty distributed with prudence and justice, than by 
confiding it to hands which have been long used to the 
exercise of Charity 

Our City is blessed with many Charitable Societies, 
whose officers devote their time and their talents to 
the faithful application of the funds entrusted to their 
care. Let these be the almoners of the rich. 

Without boasting of the deeds we have been en- 
abled to perform, for "Charity vaunteth not itself," we 
would direct your attention to a most interesting cha- 
racteristic of the Charity which wedispense. When 
it confers its benefits, it imposes none of that painful 
feeling of dependence, and of irrelievable obligation, 
which almost always accompanies a Benefaction, un- 



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called for by a sense of duty, arising from the ties of 
relationship. In this and similar Institutions, the Do- 
nors are the depositories of a Trust, and act not only 
under a motive of Benevolence, but in the discharge 
of a positive duty. Between them and the Recipients 
there has been formed a contract ; and the Husbands 
and Fathers of the objects of our Bounty, have paid 
into the common Treasury, the pledge of their good 
will to others — the consideration for the future main- 
tenance of their Widows and their Orphans — should 
the adverse accidents of life, to which we are all 
liable, overtake them. To such a Charity they have 
a Right. In some instances, a perfect right. It has not 
unfrequently occurred, that those who united with 
this Society merely to enjoy the luxury of Giving, and 
who least expected, or who least feared the painful ne- 
cessity of receiving — have in themselves, or in their 
families, become, by unavoidable casualties, the subjects 
of their own Benevolence. In this aspect, the dispen- 
sations of our Charity are strikingly impressive. In 
the day of their Prosperity, when their fields were 
luxuriant and their harvest plentiful, they invited the 
poor to glean, and the hungry to be fed — afterwards^ 
when the clouds of Misfortune ha\'e burst upon them, 
scattering their substance to the w^nds — strikino; down 
the husbandmen in the midst of their labors, and ren- 
deringr their homes desolate — their Brethren of this 

Society have hastened to the rescue of their Widows 
4 



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and their Orphans from the peUings of the pitiless 
storm, aud brought them in .safety to the shelter -of that 
home, which the hands of their Husbands and Fathers 
had united to build. Truly, to such, the Promise has 
been fulfilled — they cast their bread upon the waters, 
and after many da3'S they have found it. 

Thus, in a quiet and unostentatious wa}-, the good 
that is done is perhaps incalculable. Who can esti- 
mate the value of that timely comfort which comes in 
to raise the sinking heart of bereaved widowhood, in 
the hour of its darkest Destitution? And who can say 
what amount of human misery is prevented by the fos- 
tering care of the Orphan, rescued from the degrading- 
vices of hopeless Poverty, and led by a good education, 
into the ways of virtue and of usefulness. 

Before I conclude this brief sketch of our duties and 
our services, T would call 3'oiir especial attention to the 
Academies of our Society, under their present organi- 
zation. 

When the State introduced the system of Free 
Schools, it became unnecessary to continue our Chari- 
ty Schools, for the poor children of the community, and 
we deemed it more expedient to apply the funds pre- 
viously employed for these purposes, to an enlarge- 
ment of the scale of Education for its own children. 
A liberal provision was made both for a Male and Fe- 
male Academy, and since the year 1827, the two Acade- 
mies have received the constant care of the Society 



9 7 



and the Trustees. In these Schools, such of our chil- 
dren as need the aid of that treasury, to which their 
Fathers have contributed, received their education free 
of expense — and the children of such members as are 
blessed with the abiUty to pay, receive their tuition at 
less cost than in other academies — while, with the same 
spirit, that has always actuated this Society, to extend 
its good offices to our fello\v-citizens at large, the chil- 
dren of all, have the advantages of these v/ell-constitu- 
ted Seminaries of Learning offered to them. Teach- 
ers, the best qualified by their talents and their char- 
acters have been retained — -the opportunities of learning 
have been and are equal to those enjo^^ed in any Semi- 
naries in this State ; and the^success in all cases in which 
the Pupils have remained steadily, and pursued their 
studies diligently, has been honorable to them and their 
Instructors — satisfactory to their Parents and to their 
Patrons. 

It is painful to be constrained to say, that the disin- 
terested efforts of the Society have not received that 
encouragement to which they were entitled. Neither 
their own members, nor their fellovv'-citizens generally, 
have met, with a corresponding feeling, the advances, 
made by them towards the establishment of Schools for 
the instruction of our Children "af Hom,e' — Schools, 
too, which having the patronage of a Society, secured 
to them, possess a stabiHty which cannot be attained by 
private schools. The hitter deppud for their dura- 



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bilitv, not only on the talents and the industry, but on 
the life of the individual who originates and sustains 
them — M-hereas the former is as lasting as the Corpora- 
tion which sustains and supervises them. In them, also, 
the system and the course ol instruction remain the same, 
notwithstandinof the chano-e of masters, and no one who 
has attended to the education of youth can be un- 
aware of the great importance of a settled method for 
the government of the Pupils, the Teachers, and the 
Cur-citors. 

The interests of their children and an enlightened 
Patriotism demand of our citizens their patronage to 
these domestic institutions, especially as in the absence 
of the munificence of individuals, a combination of 
means, is the only source of endowment. 

It has long been a reproach to us, that there is a 
want ol' this spirit among us. Our Schools languish, 
and the Charleston College — although conducted by 
able tutors, and presided over by a man distinguished 
for his learnino^, and deservinof of the highest commen- 
dation for the zeal and fidelity with which he discharg- 
ed the duties of his responsible station — has been suffer- 
ed to fall into disuse, lor want of the general patronage 
of the public. 

Disheartening as is this apathy, however, it becomes 
you, Gentlemen, to go on, and not weary of well-tloing. 
Our fel ow-e itizens, seeing your good w rk , may 
awake from their present unconscious indifference^ and 



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by an active sympathy, give efficacy to your schemes 
of usefulness. 

Such is the Retrospect of Events, belonging, peculiar- 
ly, to ourselves, and how much is its intrinsic interest 
heightened, when we institute a comparison between 
the regular, even and successful tenor of our way, and 
the Changes and Revolutions which have awaited the 
greater Communities of Nations, in our times. 

The survivors of their race are surrounded with a 
veneration which attaches to age — especially when it 
crowns a life of virtue and usefulness. And so it is 
with Communities — when they retain their Govern- 
ment — their Laws, and their Customs — i naffect 'd by 
those conflicts to which others have fallen victims — they 
are not only venerable l)ecause of their Antiquity, but Ije- 
cause of the Wisdom and Virtue which has given them 
their stability. And here we stand, stronger and better, 
at the end, than at the beginning of a Century, in which 
the most momentous Dramas, ever acted on the Thea- 
tre of Nations, have begun, continued, and ended. 

If we turn our eyes to that Nation, from which the 
Authors of this Institution derived their origin, — how 
different has been the fate of the C ildren of the Oj)- 
pressed, from that of those of the Oppre sor. 

The infatuated Monarc i of Fr nee, a a time of his 
greatest power and glory — when Eu -ope seemed to he 
prostrate ;t his footstool, by a stran ;e perversion of 
feeling, turned from the conquest of Foreign Nation.s, to 



30 

the oppression of his own faithful Subjects, and chiefly 
those whose industry and skill had contributed to the 
splendor and support of his Throne. Terrible was the 
retribution visited on him and on France. Six hun- 
dred thousands of his most faithful subjects, driven from 
their occupations — their homes, and their allegiance, 
were converted, by this base and senseless persecution, 
into formidable enemies, burning with revenge — and 
gallant soldiers ready to set bounds to the ambition of 
the Tyrant. Whatever may have been the other or 
more proximate cause, this was one of those which led 
to those dark reverses, which lowered over the evening 
of his reion. Then commenced the Declension of that 
Ancient Monarchy, and sinking deej)er and deeper into 
vice and error — on the part both of the Governors and 
governed — before another Century had rolled away, 
all her venerable systems, social, political and religious 
— all the elements of her power and her glory — seemed 
for a time to be lost and dissipated in that terrific Revo- 
lution, which swept with such desolating fury, over 
France and Europe. Bright with the effulgence of 
military renown, as that era was rendered by the 
Genius of the French Nation, and valuable as have been 
the developements of po^iular rights — awful have been 
sacrifices made by warlike and revolutionary France 
in their acquisition — and after all, the chief objects of 
that arduous struggle seem not to be attained. A set- 
tled Government is not yet secui'ed. Pojjulur Discon- 



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tent betrays itself in the hateful and disgraceful fonn of 
Assassination. A restless revolutionary spirit disturbs 
the calmness of the present reign — renders the con- 
tinuance of public order, precarious — causes the 
crowned head (even of the "Citizen King,") to lie un- 
easy on its down pillow, and fills the minds of the most 
sagacious Statesmen and Philanthropists with fears 
and doubts, as to the future destinies of that o reat and 
gallant Nation. 

If we look to England, wdiose Colonies we were at 
the time when this Society first sprang into being, wars 
and civil commotions have attended her progress — 
events in which we, even in this distant land, were 
deeply involved. Brilliant was her contest in the 
Seven Year's War, asainst a combination of almost all 
the Powers of Europe — and great were the advantages 
she gained over her ancient foe in Euroj^e, by the aid 
of her rising Colonics in this new country. That 
War, under the guidance of the elder Pitt, and with the 
hearty concurrence of an undivided people, terminat- 
ed in unprecedented Glory to Great-Britain. 

Dark, is her next Vicissitude — a War, against her 
Colonies — against her Children, with a divided People, 
(for some of her best hearts and heads were opposed to 
to it,) was conducted through scenes of alternate suc- 
cess — without honor, and of defeat, full of shame — to 
a fatal termination in the Dismemberment of that 
Splendid Empire, which the Peace of 1763, left her in 
possession of, in the Eastern and the Western World. 



32 

Turning from this dark page of her History, we see 
her soon engaged with the mighty energies of revolu- 
tionary France — at first contending for a doubtful 
risht, but soon eno-ao-ed in a contest for her very exis- 
tence. But, sustained by the unwavering Courage, 
and ardent and exalted Patriotism of her People, she 
was carried triumphantly through all the awlul trials 
of a War for quarter of a century, to an issue as glori- 
ous in her European relations, as it was unexpected. 

Since that jieriod she has passed through Civil and 
Political Changes of great and momentous import, with 
which we in this country have deeply sympathized, as 
they would seem to secure, on a surer basis, the political 
rights of the great body of the People; and, notwith- 
standing the agitations which have shaken her, from 
within and from without, she still remains unsurpassed 
by any Nation in the world, in the moral character of 
her People, and unequalled l)y any Nation in Europe, 
in that Political and Civil Liberty, which is incorpo- 
rated in the Principles and in the Form of her Govern- 
ment. 

If Europe has presented scenes of Change, how 
much greater and more surprizing have been the Pevo- 
lutions in this Western World. A Century ago, and 
civilized man had progressed but a short distance from 
the shores of the Atlantic. The earth was covered 
with forests, and the forests were iilled with their 
native owners. Hundreds of nations, were in the 



33 

undisputed possession of a Soil, transmitted to tliem 
from a period too remote for the traces of their Tra- 
dition. The Woods, the Lakes, the noble Streams, 
and all that they contained, were theirs. In freedom 
they enjoyed these Gifts of bounteous Nature. 

The White Man came, bringing with him Civiliz- 
ation and Science ; but, the Light of the one, and the 
Blessings of the other, were not for the untutored 
Savage. For causes, which we must, in our own jus- 
tification, as Men and as Christians, hope to have been 
unavoidable, destruction and annihilation followed in 
the train of civilization. While entire Nations have 
become extinct, and the places of their dominion know 
them no more, the remnants of other scattered Tribes, 
in the far distant exile into which they have been 
driven, await, in a precarious existence, the sentence 
which the further increase of population may pass 
upon them. 

" Alas ! for them — their day is o'er, 

" Their fires are out from hill and shore ; 

" No more for them the wild Deer bounds, 

♦' The Plough is on their hunting grounds ; 

" The pale man's Axe, rings through the woods, 

" The pale man's Sail, skims o'er their floods, 

" Their pleasant springs Eire dry ; 
" Their Children — look, by power oppressed, 
" Beyond the mountains of the West, 

" Their Cluldren go — to die." — (Sprague.) 

Happy is the Scene which is now opened to our 
Contemplation. An enterprizing and virtuous People, 
transplanted to this New World, freed from the Re- 
ligious Persecution which awaited them in the Old, 
5 



and emancipated from the trammels of Ancient 
Systems, unfavorable to the development of Civil and 
Political Liberty, the Scions of the best European 
Stock, took deep root, and flourished with unexamjDled 
vigor, in this Virgin Soil. Every portion of this North 
American Continent, which had been educated in the 
principles of the British Constitution, soon asserted the 
prerogative of Freemen, in being governed only by 
their own Laws, and in yielding no passive obedience 
to any Arbitrary Government. Under the influence 
of these Principles, and with a Sagacity and Enter- 
prize before unknown, even in their infancy they over- 
came all the obstacles they met, and soon entered 
into competition with the Eastern World, in all the 
acquirements which adorn and benefit Humanity. 

But, to confine our survey more immediately to 
ourselves. 

Since the dawn of our Existence, South-Carolina 
has passed through all the trials and changes of a weak 
and fluctuating Proprietary Government, — through 
deadly strifes with the Savage P'oe, — through all the 
embarrassments of a Government divided between 
the Representatives of the People, and the Hepre- 
sentatives of the King, — through the more arduous 
struggles of the Great Revolution, and through those 
civil discords which inevitably attend the formation of 
New Governments among a people sensitively alive to 
their Political Rights. 



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In tlie midst of these dangers and trials, she has 
maintained her course, with fortitude in the day of 
Adversity, and with moderation in the day of Prosper- 
ity ; and there is no State in the Union, which hath 
adhered with more fidehty to the true Principles of 
Liberty, and with more deference and respect to the 
Systems of Government and Law laid down by her 
Ancestors. Hence, although she has had to contend 
against many disadvantages, she has maintained a 
character for the individual Honor and Litegrity of her 
Citizens, and the ardent Patriotism of her whole 
People, upon a level with the proudest and the most 
prosperous of her Sister States. Moreover, she has, 
by her Industry and Enterprize, in the pursuits of 
Agriculture, opened avenues to individual wealth, and 
extended the Basis of our National Power ; and, in an 
especial manner, by her wise attention to the culture 
of that wonderful Plant, which has revolutionized the 
Commerce of the World, she has been the happy 
Instrument of clothing the naked, and of carrying into 
the lowliest Cottages of Europe, a comfortable vesture 
for the poorest Peasant. Surely it would seem, as 
though He who alone giveth the Increase to the seeds 
of Industry, hath ordained us to be the favored Dis- 
pensers of his Bounty to the World. 

Yes, Gentlemen, in the weakness of a Colonial In- 
fancy, the commencement of the Century found us ; — 
at its close, Ave find ourselves in the possession of the 
highest Civil, Religious, and Political Blessings,---a 



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part, and an important part, of that Constitutional 
Union, which makes us a Great and Happy Nation. 

Whether, therefore, we look to the nations from 
which we came, or to those to which we came, or to 
that of which we are a part, we find that our track 
has lain through regions of the sublimest magnitude, 
through scenes of the most exciting interest, through 
agitations in the moral and political world, of the 
deepest intensity ; and yet, we have passed safely over 
this sea of troubles, and reached in triumph the Haven 
of our Rest, where we have planted the Standard, and 
unfurled the Banner of Protection, over the abode of 
the Widow and the Fatherless. 

Such has been our Experience. What are our 
hopes 1 Why, Gentlemen, that by continuing stead- 
last, immoveable, and always abounding in those works 
of Charity, of which our Ancestors have been so bright 
a Pattern ; by cultivating all the feelings of good will 
among men ; by respecting all the institutions of good 
government ; by adhering to those maxims of Wisdom 
which have made us what we are, in our Moral, Intel- 
lectual, and Political Characteristics ; we shall be able, 
by the aid of that Being, who hath hitherto lighted our 
Path, and strengthened our Hand, to prepare the gen- 
eration that is fast treading in our Footsteps, to be the 
Instruments of the same good to the Generation that is 
to follow them ; and thus, to continue the bright suc- 
cession of the Ministers of Charity, through Hundreds, 
and Hundreds, and Hundreds, of Years. 



NOTE S. 



(A.) 



MINUTES OF THE HISTORY OF 



THE SOUTH-CAROLIi\A SOCIETY. 



\_The first Records now extant. ~\ 

The Manuscript Rules, begun 1st September, 1737, although previously 
adopted. They were subscribed till 1st May, 1739, at which time the following 
Members signed their names, and affixed their seals, with the dates of tlieir 
membership : — 

A. D. 1737. 



Andrew Duprey, 


1737. 


January 3. 


Edward Ballard, 


1737. 


January 17. 


Peter Shepherd, 


1737. 


January 17. 


James Withers, 


1737. 


January 17. 


Rice Price, 


1737. 


Jainuuy 24. 


Jacob Woolford, 

his 
Alexander (A.) Smith, 
mark, 


1737. 


Jaiuiary 31. 


1737. 


Febr'y. 23. 


Henry Harramond, 


1737. 


March 7. 


Peter Hume, 


1737. 


March 7. 


Emanuel Smith, 


1737. 


March 21. 


Griffith Bullard, 


1737. 


March 21. 


John Neufville, 


1737. 


Sept'r. 1. 


Lewis Lormier, 


1737. 


Sept'r. 1. 


William Butler, 


1737. 


Sept'r. 1. 


J. Bounetheau, 


1737. 


Sept'r. 1. 



3S 



A, D. 


1737. 






Lewis Janvier, 


1737. 


Sept'r. 


1. 


Jacque Yon, 


1737. 


Sept'r. 


6. 


Moreau Sarrazin, 


1737. 


Sept'r. 


6. 


Phtlip Prioleaii, 


1737. 


Sept'r. 


13. 


Gadrick Giiignard, 


1737. 


Nov'r. 


1. 


Lewt. Couiliette, 


1737. 


Dec'r. 


27. 


Richard Herberts, 


1737. 


Dec'r. 


G, 


Moses Andebert, 


1737, 


Dec'r. 


6. 



A. D. 1738. 



Thomas Legare, 


1738. 


January 9. 


Peter Benoist, 


1738. 


February 6. 


Robert Raper, 


1738. 


February 6. 


John Rivers, 


1738. 


April 11. 


Alexander Sands, 


1738. 


April 11. 


Thomas Weaver, 


1738. 


April 18. 


Thomas Vinoy, 


1738. 


April 25. 


Abraliam Croft, 


1738. 


Nov'r. 14. 


Henry Williams, 


1738. 


Dec'r. 19. 



A. D. 1739. 



James Vaughan, 


1739. 


January 16. 


Samuel Prioleau, 


1739. 


April 4. 


John Johnston, 


1739. 


April 24. 



Stephen Beauchamp, 1739. May 1. 

Thirty-six Members on the 1st May, 1739, when the Rules were signed 
Sixteen on the 1st September, 1737, when the Rules commenced. 



Only 



EDITIONS OF RULES. 



Edition 1. Begun 1st Sept. 1737 ; but subscribed and sealed, Ist May, 1734. 

2 Adopted January 21, 1794. 

3. Adopted December 6, 1808. 

4. Ratified Sept. 11,1827. 



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(H.) 



TO THE SOUTM-CAROI.IiliA SOCIETY. 



1756. Jan. 14. Benjamin DTIarriette, bequeathed £3,000 Cun-eiicy. Interest 
tliereof to be distributed among such poor people as they may 
deem proper objects, and also the sum of £70 to be paid yearly 
to two Negroes manumitted by him, during tlieir natural lives. 

1761. April 2. Thomas Smith gave to the Society by Legacy, £jbG 14s. No 

direction as to its distribution. 

1762. April 13. John Savage, donation of £3,500, to be applied to such uses 

and purposes as they, from time to time, may see tit. 
1764. May 4. Lewis llallum gave the sum of £196 6s. Gd. No direction as 

to its distribution. 
1769. Sept. 5. Egerton Leigh made a donation of £480 5s. To be added to 
the Stock. 
Feb. 28. George Seaman bequeathed £2,100. 
August. Thomas Smith, a donation of £300. 

" 15. William Dandridge bequeathed £350, which was receivej 
August 15, 1769. 
1771. Jan. 8. Benjamin Smith bequeathed £1,000. Received Jan. 8, 1771. 
" John Prue, donation of £805. Received 3()th March, 1773. 

" Robert Baldwin, donation £900. Received in B. & S. Elliott's 

Bond. 
" Jacob Waldin, bequeathed £800. Received Nov. 4, 1777. 

" Miles Brewton, a legacy of £3,500. Received from Col. C* 

Pinckney, in April, 1778. 
1781. Jan. 15. Gabriel JManigault bequeathed £5,000, viz. — "IgiveandbC' 
qiieath to the Incorporatad South-Carolina Society £5,000 
Sterling, to be paid in two years after my death, for the use of 
the poor Inhabitants of Charleston." 
1783. Feb. 11. Daniel Blake left the Society £100 Sterling. 

" Samuel Wainwright left the Society £1000 Currency, to be 

appropriated to clothing and educating their poor children. 
Also, £2,000 and a Lot, for the purpose of erecting and endow 
ing a College and Academy, or one of them, provided it be 
founded and established by the Legislature, within 5 years after 
jttjy decease. May, 1783- — [This bequest was never received, J 



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1785. March 29. James NeilFon made a donation of £1,203 12s. 6d., the amount 
of;in Account against the Society ; and a Note of John Walker, 
niercliant, for £42 10. 
1791. Jan. 4. R. Lowndes, a donation of £150 Sterling. 

Julj 5. Recess Society, a donation of £100 Sterhng, with a request 

that it may be appUed to charitable purposes. 
October. Dr. R. Savage bequeathed £50 Sterling. Received in Oc- 
tober, 1791. 
" Jonathan Cooke, Legacy £100. Received in April, 1797. 

" Miss Susanna Sneliing, donation, to be appropriated by them 

to the relief of the unhapj)y and distressed, viz. Caldwell and 
Toomer's Bond, for £155 5. 6d., John Bellinger's ditto, for 
£103 10s. 2d.— together, £258 1.5s. 8d. 
1806. Feb. 18. Hugh Patterson, as Treasurer of Jury No. 2, of the late Court 
of Common Pleas, made a donation of 4 half tickets in the East 
Bay Lottery. Drawn 19th August, 1806. All blanks. 
" Benjamin Paul Williams, bequeathed a part of his residuary 

estate. Received, 1st March, 180G, .$1,101.52. 
" Thomas Kai-\von. bequeathed $1,000 and his portrait. 5th June, 

1821, received his portrait. Anniversary, 1826, received the 
$1,000. 
" Captain William Graham died in London, bequeathed £100 

Sterling. Received 1st April, 1828. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 

On returning from the Cliuicli. 



On MjtioH of Mr. Desaussurk, 

Ilcjolncd, Tliat tlie thanks of the Socioty be returned to Mr. Too.mkr, fcrhis 
chaste and elegant Oration, comnieniorative ol'the Centennial ,\nniversary ofthe 
Society, vvhieh lias so fnlly justified its expectation, and that ho be requested to 
furnish a copy ofit for publication by the ?-ociety. 

Resolved, That tlie .Steward do enclose a copy ofthe foregoing to Mr. Toomer. 

Resolved, That tiie Oration be published under the direction ofthe Olijcers of 
the Society. 

Resolved, Tiiat tlie Chairman ofthe Centennial Committee do return the thanks 
ofthe Society to the Right Rev. Dr. Bowen, the Otiiciating Clergyman; to the 
Vestry of St. Michaer.s Church, for the use of the Church; to the Orchestra, 
for their assistance; to the Rev. Mr. Gilma.v, and Miss M. E. Lke, for their 
elegant Odes composed for t'le occasion, and sung at the Centennial Anniversary. 
Likewise to the Committee who conducted the Music, and to all others who aa- 
sisted in that Celebration. 

The Committee who arranged the Celebration are, 

Dk JOSEPH JOILNSOX, WILLIA.M LANCE, 

GEORGE \V. CROSS, R. B. GILCHRIST, 

II. A. DESAUSSURE, L E. HOLMES. 

CHA3. EDMONDSTON, J. E. BONx\EAU, 

JOSHUA W. TOOMER, JI. P. DAWES, 

J. A. YATES, ALEX. MAZYCK. 
W. SI. SMITH. 



The following are the Toasts given at the Dinner. 

REGULAR TOASTS. 

1. The South- Carolina Socic'y — A sacred trust bequeathed to us by our fathers 
— we will transmit it to posterity, not only unimpaired, but improved. 

2. The Foiindtrs oj our Sucicty — They raised a structure of provident and en- 
lightened Charity on the strong basis of social intercourse. A hundred years 
attest their wisdom. 

3. The 2Stli Mai ch, 1737 — The small seed which was then cast upon the ground, 
is now a stately and sheltering tree — may it continue forever to strike its root* 
deeper and deeper, and spread its branches wider and wider. 

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4. Eouth-CiiTolina — Worthy of tlio devoted nfTectioii of lier cliildrtii — may 
they never forget that a ainall State can bo raised to grealue^s and glory, only by 
the virtue, intelligence and patriotism of her citizens. 

5. TIw Day we cchhratc. — -^^'e ne'er shall look upon its like again." ftlay 
unborn generations hail its happy return for countless centuries to come. 

6. The Benefactors of our Society. — The object of their beneficence is their own 
noblest monument — more durable than brass, it bles-'-es the living while it honors 
the dead. 

7. The Memory of Wushhigton — Too intimately associated with all that is 
\\ i.se, virtuous, and excellent, e\ er to be forgotten, when the origin of an useful 
institution is to be commemorated. 

8. 'Hie City of Clunltstov — IS'ursed in her bosom, we have grown with her 
growth, and strengthened with her strength. Ours be the grateful aspiration — 
eito perpctita. 

9. Education — Tlie ricliest gift that Charity can bestow. 

10. The Memory of the late able and faithful Steward, Thomas Roper. 

11. The cause of Public hnproccment — While the world is advancing, — ruin 
and contempt nuist be the fate of those who consent to renuiinstationarj'. 

12. The othir Charitable Societies of Charleston — A\> hail tliem not as rivals, 
but as fellow-laborers, animated by a generous enuilation in the same noble 
cause. 

13. JFoinan — Oiu" kindest, piirest, truest friend — the debt of happinef-s we 
owe her, can never be repaid by our utmost elVorts to sooth her sorrows, and 
relieve her distress. 

VOLUNTEER TOASTS. 

By David Alexander, Senior Wanlcn and Prcsidins Officer of the Day. — The 
three great objects of the Society — Social intercourse between its members — 
relief to them and their families in distress — and the education of their children 
when unable to educate them themselves. 

By Judge Bav. — The South-Carolina Socitty. — On this its Centeiniial Celebra- 
tion, I adopt the language and sentiment of the Spanish salutation and say "may 
it live a thousand years." 

By Judge Lee. — The Founders of this nolle Institution. The IManigault's — 
the Savage's— the Seaman's — the D'llarriette's and other generous benefactors 
of the goue-by century. Their memories are embalmed in the ^N'idow 's and the 
Orphan's hearts. 

By the Recorder. — The South- Carolina Society. — 

Small was the plant at first. 
But it was fondly nurst. 
And it has proudly burst. 
One hundred years. 

By the IMavok of thk City. — The cardinal virtues of a coujmercial ronimuni- 
ty, without vviiich, they cannot become great, prosperous or happ)— i.NTEt.uirv, 

INDUSTRY, LmeUI'UIZE aild PEKStVtKA.SCK. 



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By tlm Hon. Hugh S. LECiARK. — SoiilhCurolina — Ili-r name lias never been 
more lioiiored than \v!ien identified hy such a body of lier sons, with the holy pur- 
poses of Charity and Education. 

By Col. R. HowAKD. — T//f Orator of the Dinj. 

By Dr. J. JoH'Tsov. — The Poets of this Cvhiirution. — When the connnands "On 
brothers, on! Still to the snlFM-crfly!" proceed from such lips, who can hesitate 
to unite ? Who can fail to execute ? 

By Jamks RoB'Rtsov, Prrsidtnl of the St. Anilrew's Society. — The South-Caro- 
lina Society — As they grow in years may they increase in numbers, thereby add- 
ing to their means of being useful in alleviating the cures and sorrows of the 
Widow and the Orphan. 

ByC. J. Steeomav, Presiilmt of the Fe.lhnrship Sociity. — The Memory of the 
members of the "Two-hit Cliih." — Here they have planted the tree of Ciiarity, 
the branches of whicli have sheltered, and still shelter their children, nnd their 
children's children. 

By W. ('. Murray, Pnsident pro. trni. oft'ir St. George's Society. — The South- 
C'lndinn Society. — [lonored and revered as one of the oldest, largest, and most 
useful Societies in the State ; may it continue to flourish, increasing with its 
growth, fnliilling the high and noble objects of its institution; an example to, and 
/espeetedby all other benevolent societies. 

By Jamks Marsh, President of the Mer,hanics' Society. — The charitable institu- 
tions of South-(^arolina.— The very liberal charity displayed by the benevolent 
institutions of the City of Charleston, may create a jealousy in her sister Atlantic 
cities, and challenge tlieni to exhibit less penury and pauperism in their streets, 
than is seen in the City of Charleston. 

By Samuel Pattersov, Presitient of the IJ'ihernian Society.— The State of Sotith- 
CiroUna nnd the S latk-CaroHna Society. — Emblematic of each other, I'.igh-minded, 
benevolent aud hospitable. 

By J. C. Lew, Prasllentof the Hhrcw Ben nlcnt Society.— Bcncvnlcnce— The 
pure-;t, the brightest star tiiat adorns and sheds its mildne.s^ over the moral 
universe. 

By C.ipt. Thjs. H J KnvEY, President of the Marine Society.— The IV/r— Ever 
ready to cast his hard earnings into the lap of adversity. 

By R. GoDARO, President of the French Benevolent Society. — .May the South- 
Carolina Society continue to prosper, and do as much good as heretofore, and 
may the French Society iuiitate lierexamiile. 



It was subsequently resolved, that an especial committee be charged with the 
printing of tlie Centennial proceedings; and that they be iustructed to collect and 
publish Biographical Notices of the Benefactors— the original Founders, and 
other distinguished membjrsofthe Society. Tlie Comuiittee appointed lor the 
purpose were the 

Rev. S. GILMAN. R. B. GILCHRIST. 

Dr. JOS. JOHNSON, 
The collection ofilie following Sketches was couiuiiited to Dr. JoHNsoif. 



A P P K N D 1 X . 



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The History of llio Soutli-Carollua Pociotv, is idcnlific.l 
\A'ith the history of its parent Stato, and similar in several 
respects. The first founders of the iSoeirtv were French 
Calvinists; the origin of the Society was Benevolence, 
blended with social intei'coorsc : the characteristics of tiie 
State liave always been Generosity to the needy, and Hos- 
pitality in social life. A liL)eral deferenre and respect f^r 
the religi<jus opinions of all men, is [u-actised in South- 
Carolina, in an exem])lary manner; and this Society boast.-; 
of members of all religions persuasions, n^garding- only the 
morals, the manners, and the benevolent views of their 
associates. The individuals most prominent in the Society, 
have generally been the most cilstinguished persons in the 
State. The natiies of Motte, ]^egare, Prioleaii, Moultrie, 
Riitledge, Lasu-ens, Gadsden, Iluger, Smith, Manio;auli, 
Pinckney, Guerard, Lee, DeSaussure, Simons, Ilorry, 
Deas, Trezevant, and many others of Fi^f^ncdi and English 
parentage, appeal* equally di>tinguislied in the i-ecni'ds of 
this Society and in the annals of the Slate. In their jhos- 
perit\' and adversity, tl.ie coincidence of ilieir i'Mtnnes is 
strikingly observable. During the Amei-ican Ixevidnlion, 
Avhen the State was overrun by enemies and distracted l)y 
civil war, very few meml)ers were obtained, and the disso- 
lution of the Society was prevented by tlie great exertions ot" 
those, who from age, infirmity, or other canses flid not 
leave the Cit}-. When the State \\as ]^rosperons in its 
Commerce and Agricnltm-e, the iidiabitants generoisslv 
contributed t-) thf^ wants of the lujflirtunate, joininu the 
Society in numhcrs proportionerl to their prosperity, tliis 
V)eing one of the best menus ot" heconiing usefully charitable. 
With warm feelings of f^ratitude, l!>r the jn-escnt prosperous 



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circumstances of the Society, they now publish a few 
Biographical Notices of tlieir first f(;un(lers, their benefac- 
tors, and their most distinguished memliers. A vohnue 
could not do justice to the traits of high charnclcr, which 
have distinguished man}'' of their associates; these short 
Sketches, can, therefore, l)e neither general as to the mem- 
bers, nor particular as to individuals. The lapse r)f time has 
obliterated the scanty records of domestic life, which had 
been preserved of some ; and the fimilies of others having 
removed, no traces can be discovered of their private his- 
tory'. Not only the names but the families of others have 
become extinct. 

The first name in the list of members was 

JOHN NEUFVTLLE, 

and he was the first officer elected to preside over the 
Society. Mrs. Kohne, his grand-daughter, has obligingly 
favored the Committee wiih the f)Ho\viug inf)rmation of 
this nentlemau. 

" Dr. Johnson. — 1 should sooner have attended to your re- 
quest of having some particulars of the life of m}' grand- 
father, who was one of the founders of the 'Two-bit Club,' 
now known as the South-Carolina Society, (and not my 
father as you supposed,) but 'hat I wished to look into some 
old papers, which 1 had h :)ped might have f uailshed more 
information, than, I regret to say, I h;ive to ofi'a" you ; whicii 
is chiefiv fronj recollection of what I have heard from my 
parents. 

"My great-gran 1-father, Doctor John Di: Neufville, 
fled from his native country, (France) with his family, at 
the revocation of the Edict of Nantz, to the Island of St. 
Christopher, where my grand-father, John Neufville, 
was born, in the year 1G70 ; they all came to this country 
r.fierwards, but I do not know in what year, and settled in 
New Rochelle, Westchester, in the State of New-York. 
Mv grand-father, John Neufville, married Elizabeth Mars- 
den, the daughter of the Rev. Richard ^Farsden, one of the 



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Ministers of the old St. Philip's Church, which then stood 
on the site of the present St. Michael's Church, in this 
City, and settled here in Charleston, hut I do not know in 
whntvear, where they hoth died ; my grand-father, on the 
12th of November, 1740, age<l 79 years, and my grand- 
mother, his widow, on the 30th of January, 1754, aged 54 
years. Their remains lie in the cemetery of the French 
Protestant Church here, at the corner of Church and 
Queen streets. They had but two children, the eldest 
John Neufville, my father, born in Charleston, 31st October, 
1728, and died here in July, 1805. The other, Edward 
Neufville, born here in 1730, and died in England, (Bristol.) 
My father was, at a very early period of his life, a member 
of the Society, but was not old enough to have been one of 
its founders. 

I am. Sir, widi due regard, 

E. KOHNE." 

Ajn-'d 15, 1837. 

The South-Carolina Society are thus indebted to Mrs. 
KoilNE, fi)r the outlines of her famil}^ history, and of her 
grand-father, their first presiding officer. Mr. John Neuf- 
ville ceased to be Steward after the first j^ear, but he did 
not therefore, cease to be one of the most important officei-s, 
and most useful njcmbers; as he pi-obaldy had been the 
most active, in the original fi)rmation and establishment of 
the Society. In the year 1739, he was elected Treasurer, 
the first Treasurer ever elected, as none had been pi-evious- 
ly thought necessnr}' to tnke cai-e of the ver^' limited funds. 
He thought it no disparagement to accept of an}' office in 
which his friends and fellow members deemed him most 
useful to the Society, and to its benevolent objects. Such, 
indeed, was the high estimation in which he was held by 
the other members of the Society, that thej would not have 
entertained a thought, that could have wounded his feelings. 
In this era of the Society, there cannot be a doubt, that the 
ofT'ce for taking care of and improving the treasury, was 



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the most important of all others to them, and Mr. Neufville 
was accordingly chosen as the best qualified for the trust. 
That their confidence was well placed, and their choice 
judicious, is evinced by his holding the office tea years, by 
ten successive annual elections. 

We further learn that Mr. Neufville lived at the noj-th- 
west corner of Broad and State street, then called Union 
street ; that his son John continued to live there many years, 
and that his grandson Dr. Wilham Neufville, likewise suc- 
ceeded to the occupation of the family mansion. In Octo- 
ber, J 810, when both sides of that street were consumed by 
fire, the brick walls of this house were pulled down, for the 
purpose of widening it, and of forming the present State 
street. 

Mr. John Neufville, the father of Mrs. Kohne entered this 
Society on the 27th of February, 1749, when he was scarce- 
ly twenty-one yeai's of age. He married and had a family 
of five sons and a daughter, of whom, tour of his sons be- 
came members of the Society, viz. John, William, Peter M. 
and Isaac. 

Mr. Neufville continued to live in Charleston, many 
years as a merchant, chiefly shipping the produce of the 
country on commision, enjoying the highest confidence and 
esteem of every one. At the commencement of the Ameri- 
can Revolution, we find him appointed by his fellow-citizens, 
a member of the first Committee of Safety, and associated 
with William Henry Drayton and Thomas Corbett as a 
sub-committee of Vigilance. On the ]9th of April, 1775, 
a packet having arrived from London, we find these three 
gentlemen taking forcible possession of the mail, and not- 
withstanding the opposition of the Post-Master, bearing it 
off" to the General Committee, thus exposing the intentions 
of the British Government to coerce America by a military 
force, and giving the first official notice of the intended war. 
By a singular coincidence notice was given to the North on 
the same day, by the Battle of Lexington. 



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When Coiig)-es.s, umlcr the Federal Constitution, deter- 
mined to fund tb.eir debts, and to assume those incurred by 
the States in the uiilitai-y proceedings of the Revolution, 
Mr. John Neutville was ai?pointed the first Commissioner of 
Loans by President Washington, and continued in office to 
the day of his death, in the 77th 3"ear of his age. As Mr. 
Ncufville had for years been very infirm, a portion of his 
official duties was ti-ansacted l)y his daughter Mrs. Kohne, 
v\ho in the most exemplary manner, devoted herself to her 
parents as long as ihey lived. 

LEWIS TLMOTIIY, 

The first Senior Warden of this Society, established the 
first newspaper in South-Carolina, in the year J 730, and 
continued to be the Proprietor and Editor of the "South- 
Carolina Gazette," until the first of the year 1739, when 
his life was terminated by an unfortunate accident. He was 
the father of Peter Timothy, who succeeded liini in con- 
ducting that Pa[)er, and joined the Society in 1759. His 
grandson Benjamin Franklin Timothy, received a good 
education at Princeton College, at the same time with Mah- 
lon Dickinson, John lJ,andol[)li, Williaui Johnson, and others 
of distinction. He married Miss Telfair of Philadelphia, 
and on his return to Charleston, assumed the editorship of 
his grand-father's i)aper, which he now called the "South- 
Carolina State Cazette." He soon after became associated 
in these duties, with his brother-in-law, William Mason, a 
native of Massachusetts, and a graduate of Harvard Col- 
lege. This Paj)er being aided antl conducted by men of 
education, took part with tlie Republicans in the political 
discussions, wdiich were carried on with great warmth at 
that period ; it had a very extensive circulation, and was 
believed to be [»rolitable lor several years. The Proprie- 
tors, however, fell into difficulties, and Mr. Timoth}^ subse- 
quently became Principal of the South-Cai'oliua Society's 
School. Sonie descendants of the fann'ly are still living. 



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Mr. ja:\ies withers, 

Who signed the rules of the Society on the 17th Jannrrv, 
1737, was elected Junior Warden at the next anniversary 
In 1744, he was elected Senior Warden, and in 1745, Stew- 
ard of the Society ; he ap|>ears from the minutes to have 
been an active member, taking great interest in the o'.jjects 
of the Societ}'. He died in 1756, and the {)articular3 of Lis 
life have not been ascertained. It is believed that he was 
a merchant in this City, and had a large family, who fol- 
lowed his excellent example in all the characteristics of 
benevolence, honor, industry and patriotism. 

His son William Withers, entered the Society in 1761, 
and died on the 13th of September, 1778, at his resideme 
on Goose-Creek-Neck, now occupied by Mr. Ch.irles T. 
Brown. At that time, he owned a large portion of the huid 
in the neighborhood, but dying a little in debt, some or the 
lands were sold to })ay his debts ; the credit part of the 
sales was paid in the depreciating currency of the times, 
and lost to the estate. His very amiable private characier 
and generous hospitality, were the admiration of all who 
knew him. John Withers who lives not far above Colum- 
bia, is his grand-son, and his other descendants are nu- 
merous. 

John, Richard, and Francis, other sons of Mr. James 
Withers, became members in 1763, lived on Santee and 
AVinyaw as rice planters, and had families. His son James 
died a bachelor, and left a handsome property to the chil- 
dren of his brother John. In the longest recollection of those 
advanced in life at the present time, the names of James 
and Francis Withers have always been familiar to the ear, 
as among the most exemplary in benevolence without osten- 
tation, and in all the virtues of domestic hfe. 

PHILIP Sc SAMUEL PRIOLEAU, 
were brothers, and grand-sons of the Rev. Elias Prioleau, 
whose grand-father, Anthoine Prioli was elected Poge of 



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Venice in the year 1618, and died in 1G23 ; of these cir- 
cumstances, the family retain records, coins, and other 
evidences. The Rev. EHas Prioleau removed from France 
to South-Carohna, soon after the revocation of the Edict of 
Nanlz, and hrought with him a considerahle portion of his 
Protestant congregation, then called Hnguenots; he was pro- 
hably the founder of the present French Calvinistic Church 
in this City, 

Phihp Prioleau was the first Clerk of the Society, and 
was afterwards elected Junior Warden for the year 1740. 
He was the oldest of the two brothers ; he removed while 
still single to Jamaica, and there had a family of two daugh- 
ters hut no son — no particulars are known of them. The 
records of the Medical Society show that he was the first 
white man inoculated for small pox in South-Carolina. 

Samuel Prioleau was elected Clerk of this Society in the 
year 1740, and re-elected in 1743, and continued to be re- 
elected annually until the year 1777, having thus served 35 
years in the office of Clerk. In 1777, he served as Junior 
Warden, in 1778, as Senior Warden, and in 1779, as Stew- 
ard of the Society. In the years 1780, 1781, and 1782, 
although not an officer, he continued to render his most 
important services. It was then that the Bi'itish had pos- 
session of (y'liarleston, and had overrun the State; the mem- 
bers were dispersed — some confined in Prison-shijis — others 
banished to St. Augustine, and the remainder resumed their 
arms to expel the enemy.* At this time, his services were 



* In the year 1780, Lord Coinwullis determined, alihongh contrary to capitu- 
lation, to send away those Carolinians, who would not buLniit to the British 
government. He began by taking up this infiim old gentleman among other:?, 
and sending him on board of a prison ship. At the same time, his son Samuel was 
sent for, who, as a prisoner on parole, was about /iO miles from town, on leave of 
absence. The son presented himself at the appointed hour, l;aving walked the 
greater part of that distance that he might be pur.ctual. On inquiry why his 
futlier was contincd, the answer received was, "you are flie man (hat we wanted, 
we will r.ow discharge liim." Air. Prioleau being aged and ufljictcd with ^v\.iX 
was sufi'ered to remain, ^^ 



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ol! jncalcnlahle value in collecting the few members, pro- 
tecliug- the property, and preserving the existence of the 
Society. Aided by Mr. John McCall, the Clerk, Dr. Elisha 
Poinsett, Junior Warden, Mr. John Webb, Treasurer, and 
a few others, they had frequently to send and go in person 
to the scattered dispirited members, to collect a quorum, and 
prevent a forfeiture of the Charter, with a consequent 
seizure of the pro'ierty by the British officers. In ]7fi7, 
liie Society presented Mr. P. with a valuable piece of plate, 
bearing the f)llowing inscription, engraved under their coat 
of arms: "The gift of the South-Carohna Society to Mr. 
Sann.iel Prioleau, as a testimony of their sense of his bene- 
ficial and faithful services as their Clerk, durinof tweutv-six 
years, 1767." This valuable memorial is now owned by 
his grand-son Philip Gendron Prioleau. It will be recol- 
lected that Mr. P. continued to serve as Clerk of the Society, 
nine years after this mark of their approbation, and three 
3^ears in higher offices. After this time, while holding no 
office, he was instrumental in preserving the Society from 
annihilation. 

Mr. Prioleau married Miss Providence Hext, and had a 
family of seven adult children. His wife died on the 18th 
of Februar}', 1775, aged 52 j'ears, previous to the com- 
mencement of hostilities in the Revolution, but shortlv after 
the restrictive resolutions of the inhabitants and of the Con- 
tinental Congress, against importing and using British goods. 
These restrictions incidentall}'^ extended to the use of mourn- 
ing dresses on the death of relatives; and Mrs. Prioleau 
was the first person buried m this City, under these circum- 
stances. Her death occurred the very day after the day of 
f.isting, humiliation and pra3'er, appointed by Congress. 
She was followed to her grave b}- her numerous familv in 
deep affliction, but without the accustomed symbols of grief, 
and her cdiildren determined, as they had been j)revented 
from wearing mourning for their mother, that they never 
would wear it ihr any other person. P^Ir. Prioleau survived 
her 17 years, died ou the 3d of January, 1792, aged 74 



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years, and was buried in the family tomb in the cemetery of 
St.. Philip's Church. 

His three sons, Samuel, Hext and Philip, became mem- 
bers of this Society, as they severally became of age, and 
their example continues to be followed by their children, 
and their children's children. 

MOREAU SARRAZIN, 

Was elected Clerk in 1738, and served as Steward 
of the Society in 1748. His name is the eleventh in the 
list of members. He had a family of one son and fnir 
dauohters; his son Jonathan Sarrazin became a member of 
the Society in 17G0, and carried on before the Revolution 
an extensive business at the corner of Broad and Church 
stieets, as silversmith and jeweller, but was unfortunate in 
his undertakings after that j)eriod. He married three times 
hut lost all his children. His sister Elizabeth married Mr. 
Andrew Reed, and left one son, whose daughters are now 
Mrs. Dr. Boylston, and Mrs. James S. Johnson. His 
5'onngest sister, Lucretia, married Mr. Jonah Horry, and 
died without a family in the year 1835. 

JOHiN BOUNETHEAU, 

Ts the fifth name in the list of members ; he served as Con-: 
stabler in the first year, and then as Steward in the second. 
He married Miss Banberry, a niece of Mr. Gabriel JNIani- 
oanlt. His son, Peter Bounetheau, became a member of the 
Society in the year J 763. He married twice and left a 
laroe family, of whom the descendants are numerous and 
respectahle. 

JAMES YOU &i THOMAS TEW, 

Have left family descendants still living in the State, and 
si.me ot ;hem, still members of the Societ3^ 

GABRIEL GUIGNARD, 

Owned an extensive pro[)erty in Charleston, and lived in 
the street which retains liis name. 'J'he Hon. John S. 



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Richardson, a member of the Society, is his grand-son ; Mr. 
James Guignard of Columbia, and Gen. John Joorof Mis- 
sissippi, are also his grand-sons. His numerous descend- 
ants are very respectable. 

The following extract of a letter from Mr. James Guio^- 
nard to the Committee, affords the fimily traditions : "My 
grand-father, Gabriel Guignard, was born in the Island of 
Oleron, iu France, from whence he emigrated to this State, 
soon after the repeal of the famous Edict of Nantz, with the 
Gaillards, Trapiers, Manigaults, &c. He brought his wife 
with him, a Dellesseline, who claimed kin with the titled 
family of the Duke de Bruno. My said grand-father, I 
understand, possessed considerable j)roperty and influence 
in Charleston, keeping a large establishment in the cooper's 
line. He presented the City of Charleston with a street, 
which yet bears his name, and died between I75C and '60." 

LAWRENCE COQLLIET. 

The descendants of this gentleman are living in Sumter 
District. 

BENJAMIN ADDISON &^ JOHN BEE, 

Have also descendants living in the State, and some of 
both families have recently been educated in the Male 
Academy. 

PETER HUME, 

Was born in London about the year 1690. He was the 
second son of Robert Home, who came from Berwickshire, 
in Scotland, and settled in London. Calling himself Hume, 
he changed the orthography of his name, so as to correspond 
with the Scotch pronunciation, and died in 1732. From 
records in the family, it appears that the male ancestors of 
Robert Home, were a branch of the family of the Earl of 
Home, who settled in die County of East Lothian, and sub- 
sequently by an exchange of lands, removed to Berwick- 



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shire. On the female side, they claimed alliance with roy- 
alty, hy virtue of an intermarriage with the eldest daughter 
of Sir Robert Stewart, of Allanbank, Bart., who was the 
lineal descendant of vSir John Stewart of Bonkill, who was 
the great grand-father of Robert II. King of Scotland, ac- 
cording to the records in the Herald's office in Edinburgh. 

Notwithstanding the ap[)arently high claims, which the 
sons of Robert Home had to distinction, from the birth and 
connexions of their ancestors, it docs not appear that it was 
adequate to insure success in life in London, for about the 
year 1725, the subject of this notice, accompanied by his 
younger brother Robert, left their native land to try their 
fortunes in the Western world. They first settled in Mary- 
land, for it is recorded that in 1727, Peter Hume married 
Ann Curtis at Loudontown, South river, IMaryland, and in 
the year 1729, he removed to South-Carolina, and settled in 
Goose-Creek Parish. That he was an upright, and proba- 
bly, a pious man, may be inferred from his having been an- 
nually elected a vestryman of Goose-Creek Church for 
several years, as ajipears from the Cliurch records. That 
he was benevolent, his earlj'^ membership of the South- 
Carolina Society fully attests. That he was unsuccessful in 
planting, his lean will demonstrates, and if he gave aught 
to the Society, which now at.tera[)ts to rescue his name fiora 
oblivion, it was like the widow's mite. He died, October 
3d, 1746. A servant of his now alive, [1837] was at his 
funeral, and affirms that he died at his Goose-Creek plan- 
tation, and was buried at the Chapel. There is no monu- 
ment to his memory, and all that we can transmit to pos- 
terity, is that he was the first of his name, that came to this 
country, that he was a quiet Goose-Creek planter, and left 
a widow and two sons. Of these sons, the elder, Alexan- 
der, went to England, and there married and settled. The 
younger, Robert, remained upon his paternal estate, and 
soon amassed a sufficiency^ to render himself and widowed 
motlier comfortable for life. Robert married and had two 
sons, viz. Alexander, who was killed at the siege of Savan- 



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nah, ill L779, and John who uow lives in this city, the 
venerable patriarch of 54 descendants. The younger bro- 
tVier of Peter Hume, who accompanied him to South-Caro- 
lina, was a lawyer. He died in 17o7, as ap{)ears h'om his 
monument now in St. Philip's Church-yard, where the 
name of ROB ART HVME is incribed upon an elegant and 
tasteful slab, indicating at first sight, the difference of suc- 
cess in life, between the Goose-Creek planter and the City 
attorney. The family returned to England after his death 
and becatne quakers. His grand-daughter Sophia, was an 
eminent female preacher who came to Charleston and is 
now remembered of man3% 

PETER BOQUET, 

Was the seventh in signing the rules; but little is now 
known of him; he however left a family, which is still re- 
membered. He was buried in the cemetery of the French 
Church, where there is a monument to Barbary Boquet, his 
wife. His son, INIajor Peter Boquet served with some dis- 
tinction during the Revolution, and led his corps into the 
City under General Greene, on the 14th of December, 
1782. He married Miss Elizabeth JNIcCiocklin, and had a 
son and a daughter — George W. Boquet, who married but 
died young, and Mary Boquet, who married Mr. John Glen, 
now Teller in the Planters' and IMechanics' Bank. They 
both died without children, and the name is extinct at least in 
this State. Peter Boquet, sen. had also four daughters, one 
of whom married a Mr. Swadler, and survived him many 
years, but had no children. One of his daughters married 
Mr. John Wagner, and another, Catherine, married Mr. 
Edward Trescott ; his descendants are numerous in these 
two families. 

CHARLES CRAVEN, 

Is believed to be the same popular and distinguished Gov- 
ernor of the Province, who in the year 1715, so vigorously 
and successfully conducted the war, connnonly called the 



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Yarnassee War, in opposition to the confederacy of every 
Indian Tribe between the Gulf of Mexico and Cape Fear 
River. He died 28th June, 1738. 

The names of Cordes, Peronneau, Poyas, Mazyck, 
Gaillard, Ravenel, Porcher, DuBose, Lesehne, 
Grimke, Gourdin, Bonneau, and other descendants of 
Huguenots, although not signed in the first year, a})pear so 
frequently in the list of members, that they may be justly 
considered as the able sup])orters of that Charity, which 
their predecessors had established. 

Among the Benefactors of the Society, it is not easy to 
discriminate. Every member who contributes punctually 
to the funds, is industrious, economical and exemplary in 
private life, and promotes the increase and prosperity of the 
Society, is a Benefactor. Every member w ho serves dili- 
gently and attentively in the Committee on Accounts, the 
School Committees, the Committee on Repairs, the Commit- 
tee on Charity, and on especial Committees, is a Benefac- 
tor. Every oflficer of the Society who diligently attends to 
the interests committed to his care, is a Benefactor, whether 
he act gratuitously, or for a salary, and the services ren- 
dered by some of these officers, even in a pecuniary point 
of view, have been of inestimable value. 

Donations and Legacies, however important to the Socie- 
ty, and gratefully acknowledged by the members — however 
consoling to the bereaved widow, and her destitute off- 
spring — however advantageously bestowed in extending the 
sphere of useful knowledge — expanding the human intel- 
lect, and diffusing the lights of moral and religious educa- 
tion — are all comparative as to the relative good-will and 
ability of the giver. So also with the members — their per- 
sonal services are often very great, m proportion to their 
other paramount engagements; very great, in proportion to 
the talent entrusted to their care. 



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111 a very cursory examination of the Journals of the 
Society, many such Donations and Benefactions are «lis- 
coverable, and mau}*^ of tliem, no doubt, very generously 
given, if estimated by the abihty of the Donors. When 
means were wanted for any especial purpose, donations and 
subscriptions, suited to the occasion, were very hberal and 
abundant. In addition to the hst appended to Mr. Tooraer's 
Oration, we observe the followinofi The extensive wall 
round the Society's lands, was built of contributions of mo- 
ney, labor, bricks, and other materials; 2 pair of Massive 
Silver Candlesticks, were given by Mr. William Raven; 
2 pair of others, accompanied with Silver Snuffers and 
Tray, by Mr. George Bedon ; a Seal, by Mr. David Deas ; 
a Copperplate for the Certificates, by Mr. Gabriel Mani- 
gault; Damages obtained through the Courts, by Mr. Henry 
Laurens, likewise a Donation by the same; a Legacy by 
Robert Cleland, ,£20 ; a Donation by John McCall, <£20 ; 
numerous Donations towards the Building of the Hall, in 
1801 and 1802, and probably many others, which have 
escaped the notice of the Committee. 

Suspended in the Hall is an elegant portrait of 

BENJAMLN D'HARRIETTE, 

Who in the year 17G6, bequeathed ,£3000 to the South- 
Carolina Society. He was of French parentage, but born 
in New-York, in the year 1701, and is represented by Dr. 
Ramsay as of Huguenot origin. At the age of 25, he re- 
moved to Charleston, and there, conducting an extensive 
mercantile business for thirty years, he realized a hand- 
some fortune. He died 17tli February, 1756, aged 55 
years, having left also a legacy of $750 to the French Cal- 
vinistic Church. His wife, Anna D'Harriette, a native of 
Charleston, died July the J 2th, 1754, aged 48 years. The 
remains of both were interred in the cemetery of St. Phil- 
ip's Church. It is believed that they had no children, and 
that the family is extinct, the name certainly is so in this 
State. Many have supposed that the respectable family of 
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Heriots now living here, are descended from ibis gentle- 
man, but this is a mistake ; the present family came here 
from Scotland, many years after the other family had 
ceased to exist. 

GEORGE SEAMAN, 

Who bequeathed ^2,100 to this Society, in the year 17G9, 
was never a member of this Society. He bountifully be- 
stowed his own charities during his life, and at his death, 
constituted the South-Carolina Society his almoner, in this 
City. Mr. Seaman was a native of Scotland, and proba- 
bly born ill Leith. He emigrated to this country and en- 
gaged in mercantile pursuits, with so much assiduity and 
jutlgment, that he soon acquired eminence and fortune. 
He married the widow of Mr. WilHam Allen, a family 
cpni':p<t!on of Mr. John Deas. Although not actually re- 
lated to Mr. Deas, Mr. Seaman lived on the most friendly 
footing of intimacy with him and his friends, and this friend- 
ship coutmued uninterrupted until his death, on the 31st 
January, 1769. By his will, he divided his jiroperty into 
numerous bequests, leaving the following legacies to public 
institutions : 

To Herriolt's Hospital, Edinburgli, - £50Stcrlifig. 

For enclosing the Church-yard of St. Philip's, 200 do. 
To the South-Carolina Society, - - - 300 do. 
To the Edinburgh Infirmary, - - 500 do. 

To the Poor of Leith, - - _ . 50O do. 
To the Organ of St. Philip's Church, - 50 do. 

To the Clergyman's widow and orphan's fund, 350 do. 

The remainder was left to different individuals, and a 
considerable proportion of it to Mr. Seaman Deas, who was 
named after him. 

JOHN SAVAGE, 

Who made a present of £3,500 to this Society in the 
year 1752, was ot" one of the oldest and most respectable 



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flimilies m the State. At an early age be lost his ]iarent?, 
and almost the only iuheritance derived from them was the 
care of their orphan children, he being the oldest of them. 
This important trust was executed with the greatest fidelity 
and affection, and was evinced in the high standing of his 
sister, Mrs. Branford, mother of the Horrys, of bis brother 
Thomas, the father of Mrs. Judge Hey ward, Mrs. Clay, and 
Mr. William Savage, of Savannah, and of his brothers, 
William, Jeremiah, Ephraira, and Benjamin Savage, and 
their respectable descendants ; most of these brothers be- 
came members of the Society. Mr. John Savage engaged 
in mercantile pursuits, with so much assiduity, method and 
judgment, that he soon commanded the confidence of the 
community, and success rewarded his labors. He removed 
to England about the year 1775, with his only child, Benja- 
min, then a youth, who also became a merchant and '\Trried 
on a very extensive business under the firm of Bird, Savage 
and Bird. 

The confidence reposed in the character, judgment and 
intelligence of Mr. J. Savage, was very great and he was 
occasionally consulted on American affairs, l)y the govern- 
ment of Great-Britain. 

In England, he married the sister of a merchant by the 
name of Manning, and lived in Brompton in easy circumstan- 
ces, with his usual hos])itality, without ostentation. He was 
particularly attentive to Carolinians, treating them with cor- 
diality and kindness, without allusion to the political differ- 
ences which had divided the countries, and se[)arated many 
friends. The following extract of a letter from the Hon. 
Henry W. Desaussure, relative to Mr. John Savage, can- 
not fail of affording interest and pleasure to the members of 
this Society: "My father, Daniel Desaussu re, was the fiicnd 
and commercial correspondent, as well as the attorney of 
Mr. Savage. On the death of my father, 17U8, Mr. Savage 
wrote to me and requested me to wind up his business in itiis 
countr}', which led to a correspondence with him for a 
number of years, and indeed, until lii.s death. That cor- 



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respondence showeJ that he was a man of sense, of kind 
feelings, and cherishing affectionate recollections of this 
country. He was a gentleman of most excellent character, 
and one of the founders or early members of our Society ; 
the only one in the City of which I continued a member, 
when 1 left Charleston as a residence, a quarter of a century 
ago. 

"I am very glad that the Society have undertaken to 
collect, with a view to publication, biographical notices of 
its benefactors, founders, and other distinguished members. 
It is useful as a memorial to future generations, and excites 
emulation. The descendants of a founder, or of a distin- 
guished member, would be ashamed to do a base or immoral 
act, which would tarnish the honored name. 

"Besides it is in harmony with our Republican institutions ; 
when the sovereign is every thing, and the people nothing, 
all notices are of the former. In a Republic, ever}'^ virtuous, 
enlightened man, is of importance, and notices of his life 
are valuable. I remain, &:c., 

Henrv W. Desaussure." 

Mr. John Savage continued his active, temperate, cheer- 
ful habits and feelings, as long as he lived, walking several 
miles every day, until within a few days of his death. 
When Col. Thomas Roper was in England, in the yeav 
1803, he met Mr. Savage in the street in London, and 
although he had never seen him before, went up and spoke 
to him by name, struck with his strong resemblance to his 
portrait suspended in the Society's Hall. Mr. Savage imme- 
diately invited Col. Roper to his house, and the unexpected 
circumstance was, no doubt, productive of much gratification 
to both [)arties. Mr. Savage died not long after this occur- 
rence, probably in the year 1805, and in the 86th year of 
his age, but of this, the particulars could not be obtained. 
It has been supposed that Mr. William Savage, and his 
brother George, were relatives of Mr. John Savage, but this 
is a mistake; tliey were natives of England, who, on their 



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arrival in Charleston, were welcomeJ by IMr. John Savage, 
although a stranger to them, with such kindness and cor- 
diality, that the warmest feelings of friendship were excited 
and continued as long as they lived. 

GABRIEL IMANTGAULT, 

Was born in South-Carolina, in the year 1704.* He was 
the son of Peter and Judith Manigault, who emigrated from 
France in the year 16S5. They were then minors accom- 
panying their respective families which fled from their na- 
tive country, on account of the religious persecutions at that 
time enforced against tha Huguenots. After great sacrifices 
and almost incredible sufferings, they met with an asylum 
in this State, became acquainted, and were married in 
Charleston in 1699. Mrs. Manigault was the widow Royer, 
when she married Mr. Manigault. Their son Gabriel re- 
sided in South-Carolina, the whole of his life, which was 77 
years, with the exception of a vo3^age to the West-Indies, 
and dying in the year 1781, bequeathed to this Society 
j£5000 sterling "for the use of the Poor in Charlestown." 
The receipt of this very generous bequest, enabled that Socie- 
ty not only to resume the education of twenty-four children, 
which had been suspended during the latter part of the 
American Revolution, but to increase that number to thirty- 
six, besides clothing the chikh-en of indigent members. 
The prominent traits in his character were integrity and 
benevolence; his regard for justice was almost romantic. 
He generally had pensioners, who received his bounty at 
stated periods, and in his transactions as a merchant, was 
so cancUd, fair, honorable, and punctual, that his vvonl was 
alwa3^s taken as his bond. He had many solicitations to 
engage in the Slave-trade, which was pre-eminently lucra- 
tive, but he declined them both as principal and agent. He 



* The greater part of this Sketch is taken from Ramsay's History of South- 
Carolina. 



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was, nevertheless, no advocate f()r emancipating those 
already in Carolina. He was a planter as well as a mer- 
chant, and owned negroes, which were treated with his 
characteristic justice and humanity. Where slaves have 
good food, and drinking water, their natural increase is 
generally great, and always proportioned to the good treat- 
ment received from their owners and overseers. In an ex- 
amination in the year 1790, before a Committee of the 
House of Commons in England, appointed to ascertain the 
treatment of negroes in the British Colonies, it was given 
in evidence by Mr. John Savage, that in 38 years, the slaves 
of Mr. Gabriel Manigault had increased from 86 to 270 with 
the addition of only 32 or 14 purchased. 

Mr. Manigault was Treasurer of the Province, and faith- 
fully discharged the duties of that office in and after the 
year ]740, when all the intricate accounts of the unfortu- 
nate expedition against St. Augustine, were the subject of 
fiscal examination. He was also, for some time, a repre- 
sentative of Charleston in the Provincial House of Com- 
mons. Though he never courted popularity, he wassomuch 
a favorite, that in a contested election, the mechanics walk- 
ed in procession to the place of voting, and by their unani- 
mous ballot, turned the election in his favor. No man could 
eno-ao-e in public undertakings with more ardor than he did ; 
and his name was generally found on the list of those 
charo-ed with the execution of such projects. In the attempt 
to introduce the making of silk and wine in Carolina, he 
was very active. He was many years Vice-President of 
the Library Societjs and piomoted its interests in various 
ways, especially by leasing to them, free of expense, for 21 
years, a suit of rooms for the books, and the residence of 
the Librarian. He was as exemplary in his religious, as in 
his moral duties. Although educated a French Calvinist, 
he was a steady communicant and regular attendant, both 
forenoon and afternoon, on divine service in St. Philip's 
Church. 



On the breaking out of the Americcm Revokuion, being 
above the usual age of man, no personal assistance was ex- 
pected from him ; but his pecuniary aid was at the service 
of his country, and he showed his attachment to the cause, 
and his desire to promote its success, by loaning $220,000 
to the State of Soulh-Carohua. In 1779, when Gen. Pro- 
vost attacked Charlestown, although he was 75 years of 
age, Mr. IManigault equipped himself as a sokher, caused 
his grandson, Joseph Manigault, then only 15, to do the 
same, and taking him by the hand to the hnes, in the face 
of the enemy, offered their services in defence of the City. 
They nctnrdly did duty on that occasion, and set an exam- 
ple of coLii-age and patriotism, which was felt by their fel- 
low citizens, and highly appreciatetl by the constituted au- 
thorities; he died two years after this event. In the course 
of more than 50 years, devoted to commercial pursuits, he 
honorably acquired a fortune, very little, if any thing less, 
than $500,000, notwithstanding his generosity to worthy 
objects. His house and table were always open to his 
friends, and the civilities of hospitality were by him liberal- 
ly and extensively bestowed on strangers. 

His only child, Peter IManigault, was born in Charleston 
in the year 1741. He was educated in England ; studied 
law in the inner tem[)le, and was admitted a Barrister in 
England, after having j)ursned his studies with unusual ap- 
plication. He returned to Charleston, in 1754, and com- 
menced the practice of the law, but only continued it a few 
years. Though he had retired from the bar, his profession- 
al advice was often sought by the necessitous, and freely 
given with pecuniary aid. He became early in life a mem- 
ber of the Commons House of Assembly, and by his elo- 
quence and attention to business, acquired in a short time 
a large share of influence. He took a decided part in o[)- 
position to the Stam[) Act, and other assumptions of power 
by the British Parliament over the Colonies. His zeal and 
patriotism were so well received by his countrymen, that in 
176G, he was advanced to the office of Speaker of the 



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House, and as such signed every law passed by that body 
until the close of hishfe. He died in the year 1773, in the 
42d year of his age — the j^ear in which the Bostonians des- 
troyed the tea. In the eventful period of his public life the 
seeds of the Revolution were sown ; he then so ably advo- 
cated the claims of his country, that he would, doubtless, 
have been a distinguished Revolutionary Patriot, if his life 
had been spared. He was an elegant classical scholar, an 
eloquent public speaker, and possessed an Inexhaustible 
fund of wit ; he was the delight of every social circle, and 
many of his repartees and other eflusions of a brilliant 
imagination, wei-e long remembered by his surviving friends. 
Mr. Peter Manigault became a member of this Society in 
1757, married Miss Elizabeth Wragg, and left four children, 
Joseph, Gabriel, 3Irs. Thomas Middleton, and Mrs. Na- 
thaniel Hey ward, all of whom had large families. 

An elegant three-quarter portrait of Mr. Gabriel Mani- 
gault, is suspended in the Hall of the Society, and will long 
remind succeeding members of their generous, exemplary 
benefactor. 

THOMAS KARWON, 

Who died in July, 1820, in the 77th year of his age, 
bequeathed a legacy of $1000 to the South-Carolina Socie- 
ty. He was the son of Grafton Karwon, a planter ot 
Georgetown District, who probably died in October 1748, 
leaving a widow and this his only child. The property left 
by the father of Mr. Thomas Karwon was so inconsiderable 
that the child received his education from the boimty of the 
South-Carolina Society, and always spoke of that educa- 
tion, as the source of his usefulness to himself and to others. 
After leaving the School of the South-Carolina Society, we 
next fmd Thomas Karwon serving his apprenticeship to a 
merchant in Georgetown. At the expiration of these inden- 
tures, a very warm certificate was presented to him by his 
master, who recommended him to the employment of others. 



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Mr. Karwon embarked in business on his own account, and 
kept a store on the Pee Dee, during which time, he was the 
agent of Mr. Trapier. On his closingthis establishment he 
removed into St. Thomas' Parish, and was sooi] appointed 
Tax Collector. This office he filled for many years, giving 
the most perfect satisfaction to a neighborhood, then thickly 
settled, and containing some of the most wealthy and in- 
fluential inhabitants of the State. During this time, he 
married Mrs. Marion, a relative, by marriage, of General 
Francis 3Iarion, a lady of great respectability, and hand- 
some fortune. She had an only child, then nearly of age, 
who became so much attached to his father-in-law, that at 
his death he left him all his property. 

After some years, Mr. Karwon lost his wife, and was left 
without a family. Finding a great difference in his domes- 
tic circle and enjoyments, in December 1774, he married 
his second wife, IMiss Catherine Bonneau, with whom also 
he obtained a considerable increase of property, as appears 
by the marriage-settlement found among his papers. The 
American Revolution broke out shortly after this period, but 
did not materially affect him until the year 1780, during 
which interval, he enjoyed all the social pleasures of a 
Carolina planter in very easy circumstances. 

Mr. Karwon and all his family connections were warm 
advocates of the Revolution, and when the State was over- 
run by the British troops in 1780, he suffered in common 
with many others, particularly during the year 1782. He 
had joined Marion's Brigade, and as his plantation was open 
to the main road, it was exposed to the depredations of 
every passing corps of the enemy. When the British out- 
posts were driven in by the Americans, this road was the 
scene of their retreat, when, as usual, the cattle and every 
thing moveable were carried off by the British, that these 
might not serve to support their pursuers. In one of these 
incursions, he was engaged in the battle of Videau's Bridge, 
a part of which was fought on his own plantation. 
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Mr. Kanvon continued a very judicious, successful plant- 
er, enjoying himself in hunting and in the society of his nu- 
merous friends, and family connections. His second wife 
died, and still he had no family ; all his old friends died be- 
fore hira. Much pleased with the friendly, kind attentions 
of Mrs. C. Forrest and her sister's family, he resided 
among them, whenever he came to Charleston, and at his 
death, left his property to be divided between the nieces of 
Mrs. Forrest, the daughters of Mr. Daniel Latham. 

JOHN McCALL, 

The son of John and Martha McCall, was born 20th 
March, J741, joined the Society, in 1764, and in 1771 was 
elected Treasurer. He continued three years in that office, 
in 1776 he served as Junior Warden, and being elected 
clerk in 1777, he continued to serve in that office by suc- 
cessive elections, 15 years. At this period, the difficul- 
ties of the Society occurred in ] 781 and 1782, while the 
British held possession of Charleston, during the American 
Revolution. In this crisis Mr. McCall was very active 
and useful in keeping the members together, and pre- 
serving the charter of the Society. He resigned this office, 
and became City Treasurer in 1791, in which office he con- 
tinued to the day of his death. 

Mr. McCall married Miss Charlotte Glen, and after her 
death, married Miss Ann Lesesne. He had a very large 
family, but only brought up three sons and two daughters, 
all of whom were married and had families. 

JOHN WEBB, 

Fourteen years Treasurer, became a member of the 
Society on the 29th March, 1768, and in January 1781 was 
elected Treasurer, in the place of Mr. William Logan, who 
had been sent from the State by the British Commandant. 
This being a crisis of great difficulty and danger to the 
Society, Mr. Webb's diligent attention to the duties of his 



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office and to the meetings of the Society was of great im- 
portance to its welfare. 

Mr. John Webb continued faithfully to discharge the du- 
ties of this office, until the 31st of May, 1796, when he re- 
signed in consequence of occasional ill health. Mr. Webb 
was naturally of a benevolent, as well as social disposition, 
and whilst he was active and assiduous in attending to tbe 
duties of an officer, he was, as a private member of the 
Society, ever alive to its progress in wealth and increasing 
usefulness. Many of the members iu his time, were 
introduced through his instrumentality. Mr. Webb was a 
native of Charleston, and was born on the 22d September, 
O. S. 1744. His father, William Webb, was born in North- 
ampton, Old England, and died in Charleston, September 
29, 1759; his mother was named Sarah Peronneau, and 
was born in New-England; she was of the family of this 
name, well known in this City, and was sister to the grand- 
father of the present William Peronneau, Esq. ; she died on 
the 30tlj of September, J749, only eight hours after the 
death of her husband, and was not made acquainted with 
the circumstance of his death ; thus at the early age of 5 
years, Mr. Webb was left an or[>han. An uncle, the bro- 
ther of his mother, took him into his family, and he was 
brought up a congregationalist, receiving every instruction 
in piety and virtue from the good old gentleman, and the 
very best education, which Charleston afforded. Of the 
Church in this City, he lived and died a zealous and exem- 
plary member, and was in communion with the Church, as 
far back as the writer of this article can remember. 

He married in ]769, Mary Doughty, a sister of Thomas 
and William Doughty, who were both very old members of 
this Society — she died in 1782. In 1786, he married Eliza- 
beth Legare, who also died young, in the year 1786. Of 
his first marriage, two children survived him, and of his 
last, a daughter only; of these, Daniel Cannon Webb, only 
remains living, who seeing the deep interest his father took 
in this Society, became a member as soon as he was of agCi 



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in 3803, and he well remembers the pleasure his father ex- 
pressed in introducing him as a new member. Mr. Webb 
had been a dry-goods merchant, and was extensively en- 
gaged in business, but the troubles of the Revolution and 
subsequent reverses, impaired his means, and after having 
accumulated a pretty property, by industry and good man- 
agement, he was obliged to part with a considerable portion of 
it to secure that peace of mind, which a high-minded and 
honest man alone can enjoy. But with a small income, he 
lived retired and contented, seeking out the offices of chari- 
ty — the widow and the orphan looked not to him in vain for 
sympathy or aid. 

During the Revolutionary struggle, Mr. Webb was a firm 
patriot; aspiring to no military fame, he was content to fulfil 
the duties of the citizen-soldier; he was at the siege of 
Savannah, and wherever else his duty called. He was the 
personal friend of the unfortunate Col. Isaac Hayne, and 
accompanied him from the place of confinement, (under the 
present Custom-House) to the place of execution, and re- 
peatedly, with a full heart, recited the melancholy tale of 
that day. 

In November, 1807, he attended the Legislature at Co- 
lumbia, as a candidate for the office of Register of Mesne 
Conveyance of this District, solely to place under him there 
a young friend who should receive the emoluments of that 
office. In his visit to Columbia, he met many old friends. 
He wrote to his children in the highest health and spirits, 
and was elected by a very handsome majority. Ever zea- 
lous in the great cause of religion, the last days of his life 
were employed in the pious work of providing for a house 
of worship in Columbia. Returning to this City, on the 
28th of December, when within fifty miles of his home, he 
was taken suddenly ill, and died in his carriage in the course 
of an hour, in the C4lh year of his age. But to him death 
was no surprise ; his whole life had been a preparation for 
this event. 



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. TOBIAS CAMBRIDGE, 

Elected Treasurer on the resiguation of Mr. J. Webb m 
May, 1797, served eleven and a half years, and until the 
day of his death. This occurred on the 27th Septeinhcr, 
1808, in the fifty-fourth j'ear of his age, ni ihe height of 
his usefulness to his family, to this Society, and to the com- 
munity. Mr. Cambridge was a native of Gloucestershire iu 
England, emigrated to this country vi^hen he was 14 yeirs 
of age, and became a member of the Society in 1780. He 
married Miss Elizabeth Wood in Charleston, and had a 
iamily of two sons and three daughters^ four of whom are 
still living. That Mr. Cambridge was very highly esteem- 
ed by the Society as one of their most valuable officers, is 
evinced by the following resolution t " September 27th, 
1808. — Resolved, That the Society have received with emo- 
tions of profound sorrow, the melancholy intelligence of the 
death of their late valuable and highly esteemed Treasurer, 
T. Cambridge, Esq. ; that they are penetrated with a lively 
interest by the many virtues, which, in life, entitled him to 
the esteem, and in death demand the regrets of all good 
luen. And that they hold in affectionate remembrance his 
long and eminent services to this Society, as one of their 
officers, and his cordial and distinguished zeal as a member, 
in the promotion and extension of the charities upon which 
it is founded. 

''Resolved, That in token of their regret at the departure 
of so much worth, these resolutions be entered on the Jour- 
nal of the Society, and that the chair of the Steward, and 
the Constable's staves, be hung with crape for 30 days." 

Dr. ELISHA POINSETT &c Dr. JOEL POINSETT, 
Were grand-nephews of Peter Poinsett, at whose public- 
house, it is believed, the first founders of the Society held 
their meetings. These, his friends, wishing to promote his 
interest in a way most agreeable to a man of correct feelings, 
10 



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struggling with difficulties, first associated for his benefit, 
and afterwards extended their benevolence to others by 
means more direct. This house is represented in Crisp's 
map, as republished in Ramsay's South-Carolina, to have 
stood at the south corner of Elliott and Church streets. If 
this tradition be correct, it would appear that the Society 
soon afterwards extended the same fostering patronage to 
another besides him, probably in proportion to the relative 
wants of each. Jacob Woolford was one of the earliest 
members of the Society, and we find in the South-Carolina 
Gazette, the first advertisement of their anniversary meet- 
ings to be held at Woolford's on the 8th of April, 1740. — 
The same were continued annually, until April, 1745, after 
which date, the}^ were certainly held at Elisha Poinsett's. 

The Book of Signatures shows that Peter Poinsett was 
not an original member, but joined the Society on the 30th of 
March, 1742. The first records preserved of the Society's 
pr(Kee(hnas, are from the 1st of April, 1746, and these show 
that Jacob Wuolford was then dead, and his family pension- 
ers on the bounty of the Society. 

The family records show that Peter Poinsett was the son 
of Peter Poinsett and Sarah Fouchereau his wife, who were 
all natives of Soubise, about twenty miles south of Rochelle, 
in Francre ; that he emigrated with his parents soon after the 
Edict of Nantz was repealed ; that he married Anne Go- 
bard in South-Carolina, and that he died on the 7th of 
August, 1744. His brother Joel Poinsett had also a family, 
of whom two were sons, Elisha and Joel Poinsett, who both 
emigrated, Elisha to Newport, Rhode-Island, in 1734, and 
Joel about the middle of the year, 1739, but of the latter 
nothing more is known — his name was sometimes spelled 
Pointsett. Elisha Poinsett and his wife Catherine, returned 
to Charleston in 1745, with their oldest surviving son Ehsha, 
the subject of this paper, who was born in Newport, 28th 
January, 1740, and opened a house similar to that of his 
uncle, Peter Poinsett, and very near to it. This was, how- 



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ever, on the north side of ElUiott-street, the land being still 
owned by Mrs. H. F. Lovell, the daughter of their son Dr. 
Joel Poinsett. This neighborhood was wholly occupied 
then, and until thirty years ago, by merchants with their 
families, and others, among the most respectable in the 
City. 

Here the Society continued to hold their meetings from the 
earliest recollections of Dr. Elisha Poinsett, at which time, 
the French language was usually spoken in the family cir- 
cle of his father, and thus he became devoted to their inter- 
ests from the first feelings of childhood, to the last of his old 
age. This house continued to be the established place of 
meeting for the Society, about thirty-two and a half j'^ears, 
until it was destroyed by fire, on the 1 5th of January, 1778, 
seven years after the death of Mr. Elisha Poinsett. 

Dr. Elisha Poinsett and his brother Joel, having acquired 
the best education which Charleston could afford, studied 
medicine with Dr. Robert Wilson, and were sent by their 
father to England, to walk the hospitals, attend lectures, and 
qualify themselves for practice in their profession. They 
both applied themselves with great assiduity, improving the 
opportunities afforded them, and both took a surgeon's di- 
ploma in London. Dr. Joel Poinsett married Miss Frances 
Batchelor, near Bath, in England, and remained there in the 
practice of his profession, several years. Dr. Elisha Poin- 
sett obtained the appointment of Surgeon to an East-India- 
man— sailed in her to India, and returned to England after 
a long voyage. Here, also, he formed an attachment, and 
in 1772, married Miss Ann Roberts, the only child of Mr. 
William Roberts, who had retired from business with a for- 
tune and brought her out to Charleston. His brother fol- 
lowing the year after, was taken into partnership by him, 
under the firm of Elisha &l Joel Poinsett, in which their suc- 
cess was fully equal to their expectations, consulting recip- 
rocally with Drs. Garden, Baron, Fayssoux, and others at 
the head of their profession. 



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At the commencement of the American Revolution, the 
two brothers very cordially united with their country in op- 
position to England, Dr. Elisha Poinsett went as one of the 
Surgeons to the American Division, appointed to co-operate 
with Count D'Estaing in the attack on Savannah. He at- 
tended Count Pulaski with his death wound, and often spoke 
with feelings of distress, and expressions of censure, res- 
pecting the imperfect provisions that had been made, on 
that occasion, for his department. He tore up his own linen 
to dress the wounds of the unfortunate sufferers. He also 
continued to serve, wherever he could be useful, particular- 
ly in the hospitals, during the long siege of Charleston in 
1780. After that event, the two brothers availed them- 
■iclvps of the exemption to which their profession entitled 
them, and remained in the City. 

Dr. E Poinsett joined the South-Carolina Society in 
17()9, and his brother in 1773. The latter never held any 
► fficej the former served as Junior Warden in 1781 and 
) "^'^2. This was the period of greatest danger to the So- 
«' ' , 111(1 he, influenced by a grateful attachment to its in- 
t<-. ''>ts, exerted himself personally in collecting the few mem- 
."■is ihen in the City, urging them to attend the meetings 
Hi)(l preserve the charter. At the close of the year 1782, 
Dr. E. Poinsett had occasion to go to Europe with his fami- 
ly, la England, he lost his wife, his oldest son, and oldest 
(laiiirhter; having resided in London about five years, he 
returned to Charleston, bringing back his son, the present 
Joel Roberts Poinsett, and two daughters; he arrived a few 
dfiys after his brother's death, which occurred on the 2d of 
p.l>ninrv, 1788, but previous to his interment. Dr, Poin- 
:s> u was elected Senior Warden in 1791, and the next year 
Steward of the Society, which office he continued to fill as 
long as he lived, by 12 successive elections. When he was 
first elected to office, he found the affairs of the Society in 
some confiision from the officers acting for each other and 
blending their duties, but not from misconduct in either. 
By acting in concert with the Senior and Junior Wardens, 



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ke socn recluced things to a system, in which each of the 
officers, hy transacting his own business exclusively, be- 
came responsible solely for his own duties, and solely an- 
swerable for their execution and correctness. He next 
obtained the sanction of the Society, for the three presiding 
oflScersto be an Executive Committee of Finance, with au- 
thority to sell and purchase stock, bonds, and public securi- 
ties, change and re-invest the specialties and securities, and 
act in detail for the Society'- under their rules. 

The Society now began again to flourish, under this me- 
thodical system of management : from the time of Dr. 
Poinsett's leaving the State until his return, about 30 mem- 
bers only had joined it in five 3^ears ; when he became the 
presiding officer, 2G joined it in the first year, and 169 during 
liis continuance in office. The property of the Society 
was valued — ■ 



In 


1791 at 


$ 




In 


1798 at 


$ 97,373 22 




1792 " 








1799 " 


105,281 19 




1793 " 




78,413 57 




3800 " 


1J],150 48 




1794 " 




80,418 50 




.1801 " 


315,454 04 




1795 " 








]SQ2 " 


119,347 27 




1796 " 








1803 " 






1797 " 




95,648 OS 




' 





During this time also, a motion was adopted for purchas- 
ing a lot and for building a Hall to accommodate the Society 
at their diffeient meetings, and be a location f^r their school. 
In April 180J, the Building Committee re[)orted that they 
had purchased a suitable lot and procured several plans for 
the building, recommending the adoption of Mr. Gabriel 
Manigault's plan, which they submitted. It was according- 
ly adopted and contracts called for: the Building Counnit- 
tee were William Johnson, Jun., Chairnian and Cashier, 
Dr. E. Poinsett, Thomas Cochran, Thomas Roper and 
Thomas Bennett. 



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The Hall of the South-Carolina Society is bnilt of brick, 
covered with slate, rough cast and shaped as in this diagram : 











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The front is 58 feet, G inches on Meeting-street, and 54 
feet, 4 inches clear in the interior. It has a stone portico, 
7 feet, 2 inches wide, and 14 steps, with wrought iron hand 
rails, and a pair of elegant wrought iron stands for lamps — 
there is a front door in each wing. The width of the front 
is 33 feet, 4 inches outside, and 29 feet, 3 inches clear, in 
the interior. Brick steps on the north-east and south-east 
corners afford a ready communication with the inclosure. 
The eastern portion of the huilding is central between the 
front wings, and measures 44 feet, 8 inches in length, and 
33 feet, 8 inches in width outside, being 29 feet wide in the 
cleai'. 

The elevation of the basement story is 8 feet, and 9 feet 
clear in the interior, to the ceiling. It is divided into offices 
for cooking, residence of servants, k,c. The first story is 
divided into three school-rooms ; it is in the clear, 73 J feet 
long, and 29 feet wide, wainscoated to the window sills — 
the ceiling 15 feet, 9 inches high, with a double cornice about 
12 inches deep, plain stucco plastering, and a flight of 
brick steps at the eastern extremity. 

The staircase leading to the Hall in the second story, oc- 
cupies the south wing, and has mahogany rails and balus- 
trades ; the Hall is 73 feet, 6 inches long, and 29 feet wide in 
the clear. It has a cove ceiling, 18 feet high — a stucco cor- 
nice highly ornamented, with three centre pieces, and a 
grape-vine entwined, running round the gallouch of the 
ceiling. The Hall is wainscoated as high as the window- 
sills, the windows are recessed with backs and elbows, and 
have pilasters and capitals of the Roman Ionic order. It 
has a semicircular music gallery at the eastern end with 
columns and entablature of the Composite order. There 
are three fire places, with mantle pieces of the Composite 
order, with large elegant grates, imported particularly for 
the room. It has also three elegant glass Chandeliers, sus- 
pended, one from each of the centre pieces, and a smaller 
one for the staircase. It has also a private back staircase, 



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in a part of the north wing, the other part being occupied 
by several large commodious closets, and a Committee 
room. 

This fine building was completed in 1804, and first occu- 
pied by the Society on the 24th of July in that year. Dr. 
Poinsett as one of the Building Committee, and as Steward, 
took a lively interest in this building and saw it in a very 
advanced stage towards completion, but did not live to en- 
joy its occupation by the Society. The following is the re- 
port of the Committee on Accounts, after examining those 
of the Building Committee : 

"The Committee on Accounts to whom was referred the 
accounts of the Hon. Judge Johnson, as Chairman and 
Cashier of the Building Committee, report : That they have 
examined the same and find them correct, and substantiat- 
ed by vouchers, leaving a balance due to Judge Johnson of 
twenty-seven dollars and forty-three cents. That the 
whole sum expended is $24,229 03, of which the sum of 
$23,729 03 has been expended on the Society's Building, 
and $500 paid for G Chandeliers. 

Your Committee beg leave to observe, that in their opin- 
ion the purchase of the Chandeliers was highly proper, as 
the public room of the Society could not be well lighted 
without them, and these were purchased at a very low 
price. 

(Signed,) Keating Simons, Chairman, 
David Alexander, 
Hugh Paterson. 
August 28, 1804. 
In the year 1825, the Society engaged Mr. Frederick 
Wesner to erect a splendid Portico in front of this Hall, on 
Meeting-street. The lower story of it has 8 columns of the 
Grecian Doric order, with Entablature and Cornice to cor- 
respond exactly to that order, made of brick, with stone 
Abacuses or caps, the ceiling handsomely panelled. The 
second story has 6 columns of the Grecian Ionic order, and 



77 

two Pilasters of the same order — the Columns are of cypres^, 
and fluted. The Entablature and whole of the upper part 
of the front, is executed according to the style of the Tem- 
ple of Bacchus, as laid down in Nicholson. The railings 
are of iron — the ceiling is plastered; the Cornice north and 
south of the pediment is marble, with a gutter to carry off 
the water from the roof of the Portico, which is slated. 
The Parapets and Vases are of cypress — the Tyrapan of 
the Pediment is ornamented with the arms of the Society, 
and being in a frame can be opened at pleasure. A Balco- 
ny supported by the lower columns is extended north and 
south of this Portico, to the whole extent of the front, and 
the under part of it ceiled with panel work like the lower 
Portico. All the flooring and exposed part of the Portico is 
of the best cypress. Double glass doors were made in 
front, and the windows cut down to the floor; the wdiole 
cost $3500. 

Dr. Poinsett not only concerted measures for the present, 
but for the future welfare of the Society, and the continu-* 
ance of that system of order, economy and responsibility, 
which he had been instrumental in establishing* Col* 
Thomas Roper was then Junior Warden, but had gone to 
Europe for the health and education of his children. In 
3803, Dr. Poinsett was also about to leave Charleston, for 
the health of his daughter. On this occasion he repeatedly 
spoke of Col. Roper as the most proper person to succeed 
him in office, and continue the system which had been so ad- 
vantageously adopted. He went but never returned ; while 
in Boston, he was attacked with gout in his stomach, to 
which he had been subject many years, and died there on 
the 18th of September 1803, in the 64th year of his age. 
Thus terminated the life of one of the most valuable mem- 
"bers of this Society, and of this community. His liberality, 
his suavity of disposition and engaging deportment, were 
the delight of all who knew him. 

His death having been announced to the Society on the 
4th October, it was on motion, ^'■Resolved uncuihuoiislij. That 
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78 

this Society learn with deep regret, the death of their Stew- 
ard, the late Dr. Elisha Poinsett, whose long continued, 
diligent and faithful services to this Institution, contributed 
eminently to its present prosperous situation, and endeared 
his memory to every member thereof. 

^^Rcsolved, That the Chair of the Presidino; Officer of this 
Society, be dressed in mourning, accompanied with the 
Staves, until the next Quarter-day, in testimony of the loss 
sustained by them in the death of their late Steward. 

Col. THOMAS ROPER. 

The life of a private citizen, is seldom one of incident. In 
the throng among which he moves, his sphere is in social 
%valks where alone his qualities are^known, and his virtues 
appreciated. 

Thousands possessing qualifications, fit if called into ac- 
tion, to brighten the page of history, pass into the vale of 
forgetfulness, without leaving a trace of their existence. 
Few are called upon to render society the advantages of 
their application and talents in stations where partial good is 
disseminated and positive evil mitigated. Yet of such parts 
in society, is a general whole constituted, and he who con- 
tributes to a harmony of action, advances both the welfare 
and happiness of bis species. 

A passing obituary to the public usually terminates the 
notice of such a life, and only when connected with the his- 
tory of some particular Institution, in which a large })ortion 
of the community are interested, and wide-spread benefits 
diffused, the character becomes more particularly endeared, 
like that of one beloved and torn from a domestic circle, 
and when death terminates its duties, we would embalm 
the memory of the departed by recording his usefulness and 
benevolence to mankind. 

Such a spirit calls for a notice of the life of Col. Thomas 
Roper, late Steward of the South-Carolina Society, but nei- 
ther the feelings nor talents of the writer can do justice to 
the subject. 



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Col. Thomas Roper was descended from William Roper, 
who was born in London, and from family causes, emigrate^ 
to Charlestown, S. C. about the year J 720. He enjoyed 
offices of honor and trust under his lung, and after a long 
life died, leaving a large fortune amassed by mercantile 
pursuits, and leaving three children, of whom the subject of 
this memoir was the youngest. Thomas Roper was born in 
Charleston on the 17ih of May, 1760, and received the best 
education his native City at that time could bestow. The 
troubles of the Revolution soon changed classic walks into 
the resort of arms, and the patriotic j^outh of Carolina, for- 
sook the abodes of the muses for the fields of strife. Mr. 
Roper, then at the age of sixteen, joined a company called 
the " True Blues," and soon after was elected to their com- 
mand, and at the battle of Fort Moultrie, remained under 
arms in Charteston, a spectator of the fight, and prepared 
for any emergency. Through the events of the Revolution, 
he was not brought into actual conflict, but was frequently 
in active service, particularly at the siege of Charleston, 
and during that arduous struggle for independence, his 
heart was always true to his country. At the termina- 
tion of the war, Mr. Roper applied himself to the study of 
law and was early chosen both a member of the Legislature 
and City Council of Charleston. In the former capacity, 
he served nine successive years, and then withdrew, and 
in 1800, was elected LitenJant of the City. For thirty 
years, he held a militia commission, and after his resigna- 
tion, was appointed one of the commissioners ibr superin- 
tending the construction of the lines of Charleston when an 
attack was apprehended from the British during the last 
war. He also, on that occasion, drilled as a private in a 
corps called the "Alarm Fencibles," which was composed 
of old men, organized tor purjioses of local defence. 

At the death of Dr. Elisha Poinsett in October, 1803, 
during the absence of Col. Roper in England, he was elect- 
ed Steward of the South-Carolina Society, of which he had 
then been a member eleven years. His father had previously 



so 

been a member twenty-eight years, having joined it in 1754. 
A more conscientious officer than Col. Rojier, could never 
have been selected to preside over the interests of any society. 
In him a heart, prompted to benevolence, enlisted an untir- 
ing zeal and talents devoted to its interests. By night or day, 
he thoaght no trouble or application too arduous to promote 
the welfare of an institution on which the widow and the or- 
phan were dependent. He never lost sight of the hand 
j)lanting the vine, nor forgot the motto which accompanied 
it, and endeavored by judicious culture to make its fruit 
flow with life and gladness to the heart of the forlorn and 
desponding, For a period of twenty -five and a half years, 
Col. Roper presided over the deliberations of the Society, 
and invariably endeavored, in maintaining order, to enforce 
its rules and regulations with urbanity and good feeling. 
During his administration, the general prosperity of the So- 
ciety attested his fidelity, and at his death, the mode of ap- 
[)robation rendered by its members, denoted their apprecia- 
tion of the labors of his life. Tlie following i^esolutions are 
I'ecorded on the Journals of the Society : "It hath pleased 
Divine Providence, to remove from the Sj)here of his pre- 
eminent usefulness here, our late worthy and estimable 
Stev/ard, Thomas Roper. At a period when he was 
absent from the Stiite, such wns tlie high sense entertained 
of his ability and disj)ositi()n to benefit the Society that he 
was selected to preside over its concerns. Such has been 
their unlimited confidence rt-posc-d in him, and their con- 
viction of his peculiar fitness I'ur that office, that in nearly 
twentv-six years, has \ie been uniformly re-elected to the 
same. It may be truly avcn^ed, that never was a confi- 
dence so renewedl}' extended, mtjre justly merited, or more 
am[ilv and fortunately sustained. Throughout this long 
period, the unremitted attention, the indefatigable activity, 
the untiring devotedness, whicli he exercised, in discharg- 
njg the duties of his station, rendered him peculiarly and 
extensively serviceable. His fidelity and ardent attachment 
t.0 tiic welfare of the Society have largely contributed to 



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promote the improved state of its prosperity, to advance 
and extend its laudable and benevolent designs. His scru- 
pulous and inflexible adherence to this chief object, appear- 
ed never to be barred by difficulty, or stayed by any sacri- 
fice of time or trouble. His was the pleasure of well-doing 
— his the ambition of faithfully representing and adorning 
the head of this charitable institution. 

^^ResoLved, therefore. That this Society do hereby express 
their deep and sincere regret for the death of their late de- 
serving Steward, Thomas Roper, Esq. That his distin- 
guished and valuable services will long be held in grateful 
appreciation, and his memory cherished with the liveliest 
sentiments of friendship and affection. 

'■^Resolved, further. That if practicable, a suitable likeness 
of their late Steward be obtained and placed in the Hall of 
the Society, as a testimony of the respect and gratitude en- 
tertained for his long, faithful and distinguished services. 

Resolved, also, That the foregoing proceedings be record- 
ed in the Journals of the Society — that a copy thereof be 
transmitted, by the Presiding Officer, to the son of the de- 
ceased, and that a certified copy be published in tiie daily 
prints of the City." 

In addition to this sphere of usefulness. Col. Roper gave 
his time and services to the public, whenever they could be 
beneficial. As Intendaut of the City he laid the corner- 
stone of the Orphan-Hous^ and served as Commissioner oi^^CL^ 
the Institution, until increasing years admonished him to 
confide its duties to more youthful energies. At different 
periods he served as Warden of the City, and as Connxiis- 
sioner of the Poor, where his scrutiny and attention detect- 
ed and corrected many abuses. 

On discovery of the servile conspiracy of 1822, which 
threatened to envelope Charleston in flames, and deluge her 
streets in blood, Col. Roper was appointed one of the com- 
missioners to investigate its dark and tortuous purposes, and 
sat as one of the Court during that alarming period. In 
other minor appointments under Council, he served as a 



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faithful citizen, without having at any time during his hfe, 
accepted any office of profit, or claimed the shghtest remu- 
neration. 

CoL Roper pursued throughout hfe the profession of an 
agriculturist. He was a humane man, and indulgent mas- 
ter, and in all relations of the domestic circle, exhibited 
qualities which endeared him to his family and friends. At 
the age of twenty-one, he married Miss Lydia Harvey, a 
lady of Beaufort, and an orphan. She was possessed of a 
strong understanding, united with all the graces of feminine 
sweetness. The surest testimonial of her virtues was the 
endearing recollection slie left among all who knew her. 
One of her d3dng expressions was, that in looking back on 
life she had nothing to reoret, and in looking forward, saw 
nothing to dread. Thirteen children were the issue of this 
marriage, most of whom died in early life. These los- 
ses preyed fatally on the sensitive feelings of this amiable 
lad}", and consigned her to a premature grave. The dis- 
pensation to her husband was overpowering — in the hours 
of solitude when the loneliness of the heart speaketh, they 
pressed wnth accumulated force, and left only the consola- 
tions of religion to fill the dreadful void. These fell not on 
a heart callous to their influences, but taught to await 
with the humility and the hope of a christian, the union 
which the just expect. With this confidence, he expressed 
^J\» X an anxiety to depart, and on the 12th of April, 1829, closed 
his sublunary labors. ^ 



ILIST or MEMBS^S, 



1737. 
John Neiifville, 
Lewis Lorinier, 
William Butler, 
David Dalbiac, 
John Bonnetheait, 
Samuel Gleser, 
Peter Roquet, 
Lewis Jinvier, 
David D'Lescurl), 
Matthew Vanall, 
ftloreau Sarazin, 
Jauies Yon, 
Philip Prioleau, 
Thomas Tew, 
Gabriel Guiguard, 
Henry Campbell, 
Isaiah Brunet, 
Richard Herbert, jiin. 
Charles Craven, 
Moses Audebert, 
Lawrence CouUiet, 
Andrew Dupuy, 
Thomas Robinson, 
Benjamin Addison, 
John Bee, 
Elias Cortee, 
William 8terland, 
Hugh Evans, 
William Pollard, 
George Helm, 
Joseph Fiddler, 
Lewis Timothy, 
James Withers, 
Peter Shepherd. 
Edward Billiard, 
Rice Price, 
Jacob Woolfbrd, 
Alexander Smith, 
Henry Harramond, 
Peter Hume, 
Griffith Buliard, 
Emanuel Smith. 

1738. 
Samuel Prioleau, 
John Harris, 
Alexander Sands, 
John Rivers, 
William Rayner, 



1738. 
Thomas ^V'eaver. 
Nathaniel Partridge, 
Thomas Viney, 
Abraham Croft, 
Henry Williams, 
Peter" Dallas. 

1739. 

John Lardner, 
Thomas Legare. 
James Vaughn, 
Peter Benoist, 
Robert Hapier, 
Robert Vaughn, 
John Johnson, 
Stephen Beaiichamp, 
George Logan, 
Henry Fletcher, 
Alexander Cramalie, 
Matthew Roche, 
Francis Holmes, 
John Shermerhorn, 
Francis Corbin, 
John Savage. 

1740. 
Abraham Knight, 
John Pennefather, 
Francis Roche, 
John Rattray, 
John Johnston, 
Isaac Child, 
Thomas Crosthwaite, 
John Beekman, 
John Cordes, 
John Royer, 
Henry Gignilliat, 
John Fryer, 
Stephen Hartley. 

1741. 

James Thompson, 
John Roberson, 
William Glen, 
Samuel Davison, 
Thomas Lee. 



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Peter Poinsett, 
Kennedy O'Brien, 
John Kedman, 
John Murray, 
Hugh Cartwright, 
Nicholas Burnham, 
Thomas Harden, 
James Barrett, 
Thomas Chapman, 
John Mason, 
Patrick Tailfer, 
Richard Herbert, 
John Daniel, 
David Brown, 
Richard Muncreef, 
Anthony Furnis. 



1743. 

Benjamin Addison, 
Michael Jeanes, 
John Muncreef, 
Peter Laurens^ 
Thomas Doughty, 
Charles Codner. 

1744. 

Robert Corsan, 
Henry Christie. 

1745. 

Archibald Young, 
Vincent Leaycrart, 
Stephen Cater, 
Jeremiah Theus, 
James Porter, 
James Rodger, 
Elisha Poinsett, 
William Roberts, 
William Savage, 
Joseph Gaultier, 
Esaie Brnnet, 
Henry Beekman, 
Samuel Carne, 
Robert Cleland. 



1746. 

Joseph Brown, 
James M'Kelvey, 
Charles Carroll, 
Thomas Snmmersett, 
John Triljoudet, 
Benjamin Savage, jun. 
John M'Call, 
Benjamin Matthews, 
John Simmons, 
Samuel Burrows, 
John Wilkins. 



1747, 

William Dandridge, 
Joseph Meredith, 
James Verree, 
Samuel Wainwright, 
William Hall, 
Alexander Taylor, 
Lambert Lance, 
Arthur Gould. 

174S. 

James Davidson, 
Humphrey Sommers, 
John Verworth, 
Abraham Snelling, 
Thomas Poole, 
John Snelling, 
Timothy Phillips, 
Solomon Miluer, 
George Bedon, 
Sanntel Hurst, 
Charles Stevenson, 
Theodore Trezevant, 
Thomas Ellis, 
John Rothmahler, 
George Marshall, 
Conner Booth, 
Mark-Anthony Besselleau, 

John Corbett. 

1749. 

Daniel Yon, 
John Smith, 
Barnard Beekman, 
Edward Stiles, 
William Burrows, 
Wiseman James, 
Joseph Wragg, jun, 
Ralph Taylor, 
John Neufville, 
John Cooper. 

1750. 

William Air, 
John Chapman, 
Joseph Hntchins, 
Benjamin Dart, 
George Smith, 
George Sheed, jun. 
Edward Swan. 

1751. 

Paul Townsend, 
Joseph Pickering/ 
John Raven, 
Christopher Easton, 
Robert Weaver, 
Richard Martson, 
Thomas Arnott. 



85 



1752. 

Robert M'Kenzie, 
Samuel Kynaston. ' 

1753. 
John Pickering, 
Samuel Ball, 
John Prue, 
James Adam, 
Charles Pinckney. jun. 
Burch Evans, 
AVilliam Ancrum, 
James Grindlay, 
Henry Laurens, 
Hugh Anderson, 
Joseph Dill, 
JoJni Scott, 
Edward Neufville, 
William Scott, 
Robert Baldwin, 
Charles You, 
David Stephens, 
Thomas Gordon, 
Alexander Garden, jun. 
Rawlins Lowndes, 
Artemas Elliott, 
William Gibbes, 
-John Paid Grimke, 
William White, 
John Browne, 
Samuel Phillips, 
William Townsend. 

1754. 
John Seymer, 
James Fowler, 
John Ernest Poyas, 
Michael Pickering, 
George Matthewes, 
Thomas Young, 
John Oyston, 
William Roper, 
Benjamin Smith, 
Samuel Miller, 
Christopher Gadsden, 
Luke Stoutenberg, 
Sampson Neyle, 
Jacob Motte, 
Benjamin Yarnold, 
John Raines, 
Daniel Crawford, 
George Chisman, 
John M'Queen, 
Robert Philip, 
James Michie, 
Henry Livingston. 

1755. 
John Lloyd, 
William Lloyd, 
Thomas Smith, juu. 
George Ingles. 



12 



1756. 
John Copithorn, 
John Guerard, 
James Glen, 
Thomas You, 
Francis Lee, 
Peter Leigh, 
John Ross, 
William Dickinson, 
Richard Clark, 
George Curling, 
Daniel Cannon, 
Charles Warham, 
Jacob Viart, 
Josiah Dickinson, 
William Roberson, 
Charles Lowndes, 
Hem-y Peronneau. 

1757. 
William Moultrie, 
Peter Manigault, 
Ralph Izard, 
George Appleby, 
Job Milner, 
Christopher Rogers. 

1758, 
John Jones, 
Samuel PeronneaU- 
Ichabod Atwell, 
Archibald Stobo, 
Richard Park Stobo. 
Tunis Tebout, 
John Torrans, 
Joseph Nutt, 
John Lloyd, 
Francis Pike, 
George Smith, 
John Postell, 
David Deas, 
Andrew Fesch, 
Thomas Liston. 

1759. 
Robert Smith, 
Walter M'Auley, 
Miles Brewton, 
Peter Timothy, 
William Vanvelsen, 
Thomas Stone, jun. 

1760. 
John M'Kenzie, 
Thomas Savage, 
William Savage^ 
Robert Boyd, 
John Stevens, 
James Strachan, 
Jonathan Sarrazin, 
William Blake, 
John Benfield. 



86 



1761. 
Robert Cooper, 
Thomas Gadsden. 
Samuel Ball, jun, 
Daniel Doyley, 
John Parnhani, 
Thomas Poole, 
Jacob iMotte, jun; 
Thomas Farr. jnu. 
William Logan, 
John Logan, 
Jacob VVarley, 
Christopher Holson, 
William Bampfield, 
John Ste\'enson, 
William Withers. 

1762. 
Maurice Harvey, 
Thomas Loughton Smith, 
Arthur Perotineau, 
Lionel Chalmers, 
John Gordon, 
Samuel Hopkins, 
John Wagner, 
Cholmondely Bering, 
James Poyas, 
Joseph Dacre Wilton, 
Thomas Ferguson, 
John Clapp. 

1763. 
William Raven, 
Daniel Blake, 
Christopher Franklin, 
Thomas Bee, 
Peter Mazyck, 
Thomas Lind, 
William Mazyck, 
Theodore Gaillard, jun 
William Fair, 
John Dawson, 
Samuel Prioleau, jun. 
John Withers, 
Richard Withers, 
Francis Withers, 
Charles Smith, 
Peter Bounetheau. 

1764. 
Isaac Huirer, 
Isaac Motte, 
James Smith, 
Fdvvard Martin, 
Maurice Jones, 
John Deas, 
Maurice Simons, 
John M'Call, jun. 

1765. 
Bellamy Crawford, 
Adam Daniel, 



George Logaii, 
James Sharp, 
W illiam W. Crostwaite, 
Joel Holmes, 
Egerton Leigh, 
Thomas Grimball, jun. 
Benjamin Guerard. 

J 766. 
William Glen, jun. 
Robert Dillon, 
John Sandford Dart, 
James Johnston, 
Aruout Schermerhorn, 
Koger Pinckney, 
George Parker, 
Charles Stevens Stocker. 

1767. 
William Hales, 
Thomas Doughty, 
Henry Slade, 
Benjamin Webb, 
Peter Porcher, 
Isaac Lesesne, jun. 
Andrew Rutledge, 
Charles Motte, 
Roper Smith, 
James M'Call. 

1768. 
John Webb, 
William Richardson,. 
William Doughty, 
William Miller, 
Jo.seph Verree. 

1769. 

Elisha Poinsett, jun 
Robert IVIuncreef, 
William Williamson, 
Benjamin Matthews, 
John Scott, jun. 
John Lightvvood. 

1770. 
Simon Schennerhorn, 
T. Knighton, 
William Air, 
Philip Hawkins, 
Daniel Bourdeaux, 
William Lee, 
Simeon Theus. 

1771. 

Peter Stevenson, 
Peter Schermerhorn, 
Francis Sheppard, 
Alexander Alexander, 
Felix Warley, 
William Chisman, 
Stopht-n Lee, 



87 



Thomas Ilall.jun. 
Edward Taylor, 
John VVarham, 
Philotheus L'hiffelle, 
John Dart, 
R. W. Powell, 
James Wakefield- 

1772. 
Thomas Jones, 
William Hopkins, 
Nicholas Langford, 
William Hort, 
William Scott, juu, 
JohuM'Queea. 

1773. 
Joel Poinsett, 
Jacob VVarley,jun. 
George Warley, 
John L. Gervais, 
Samuel Porcher, 
William Roper, 
John Neufvil]e,jnn. 
Joseph Creighton, 
James Stevenson, 
Samuel Price, 
John Garden, 
William Axon, jun. 
Samuel Legare, 
William Davison, 
John Cordcs. 

1774. 

Gabriel Capers, 
B.mj.imin Fuller, 
Thicker Harris, 
Robert D. Haliday, 
Edward Savage, 
Edward Rutledge, 
James A moss, 
Thomas Phepoe, 
Paul Warley, 
Thomas Cordes, 
Hext Prioleau. 

1775. 
Benjamin Legare, 
William Roberts, 
John White, 
Joshua Lockvvood, 
Hu^h Anderson. 

1776. 
James Ballautine, 
Thomn Weaver, 
Phihp Prioleau, 
Richard Muncreeff, jun. 
Charles Warham, jun. 

1777. 
.Tam'5s Banth.im, 
George Logan, 



Edward Allen, 
John Newton Hartley, 
Charles Shephoard, 
James Neilson, 
Samuel Miller, 
Thomas Lesesne, 
David Dubose, 
Joseph Warley, 
JohnTheus, 
John Huger, 
N. Eveleigh, 
Philip Neyle, 
Thomas Haramett, 
J. Theus. 

1778. 
James Sharp, 
William RudhaU, 
John Baddeley, 
W. H. Gibbes, 
P. Valton, 
David Warham, 
\V illiam Long, 
Erasmus Audly, 
Richard Wainwright, 
John Walters Gibbes, 
Benjamin Smith, 
Henry Crouch, 
Edward Trescot, 
Richard Savage, 
Richard Mercer, 
James Anderson, 

William Hall, 

Henry Pevonneau, 

Othmel Giles, 

Charles Frederick Moreau, 

R. A. Rapley, 

William Mason, 

Sol. Mitner, 

William Downes, 

John Raven Matthews, 

Thomas Gordon, 

William Graham, 

C. Schermerhoru, 

Richard Cole, 

George Carter, 
;^ John F.Grhnke, 

Thomas Gadsden, 

Ralph Izard, jun. 

Daniel Huger, 

Benjamin Huger, 

Thom:i.i Pinckney, 

William Mo-iltrie, jun. 

Jacob Boomer. 

1779. 

J. Ward. 

William W. Burrows, 
Thomas Cochran, 
Charles Pinckuey, 
Daniel Stevens, 
R. B ichanan, 
James Ferguson, 
Septimus RobeBon, 



88 



Thomas Giles, 
Richard Gough, 
Lambert Lance, 
Stephen Duvall, 
Lewis Lestarjette, 
Francis Kinlochi 
T. Saunders, 
Job Colcock, 
Eh Kershaw, 
Richard Lushington, 
John Gibbons, 
Thomas Bourke, 
Daniel Jeniiins, 
Wiiham Neufville, 
Wilham Burt, 
John Smith, jun. 
John Blake, 
Samuel Ash, 
Robert Lithgow, 
George Tew, 
Robert Howard, 
Anthony Toomer, 
John Lesesne, 
Sims White, 
Stephen Drayton, 
William Elie, 
Edward Weyman, 
William Johnson, 
William Trusler, 
William Gowdey, 
Mark Morris, 
John Calvert, 
M'Cully Righton, 
William Henderson, 
Thomas Rutledge, 
John Bryan, 
Edward North, 
James Guiliadeau, 
J. Peronneau, 
Edward Legge, 
J. Parker, 
William Skirving, 
Robert Ladson, 
Isaac Holmes, 
Thomas Waring, 
John D. Miller, 
Samuel Stent, 
Daniel Smith, 
Thomas Fell, 
William B. Hutchins, 
William Print, 
Joseph Lafar, 
John Dorsiiis, 
Clement Conyera, 
Norwood Conyers, 
John Hart, 
Hopson Pinckney, 
George Melvin, 
James Strickland, 
John Brailsford, 
Joseph Atkinson, 
Stephen Seymour. 
Benjamin Villepontoux, 
John Edwards, jun. 



Samuel Perdriau, 
John Cox, 
Robert Brown, 
JohnC. Smith, 
John J. Haig, 
Ohver Hart, jun. 

1780. 
John Ruberry, 
Samuel Shepherd, 
Tobias Cambridge, 
Jeremiah Dickinson, 
Benjamin Waller, 
John Bonniott, 
Wade Hampton, 
Thomas Hughes, 
George Dener, 
I Keating Simons, 

HextM'Call. 

1781. 
John Morison. 

1782. 
William Bennie, 

1783. 
Joseph Brown, 
William Washington, 
Downham Newton, 
Henry Putnam, 
Benjamin Darrell, 
Isaac Chalmers, 
Alexander Moultrie. 

1784. 
John E. Poyas, 
John Kneeshaw, 
William Thomson, 
Thomas Pinckney, 
Benjamin Russell. 

1785. 
John Lloyd, jun. 
John Postell, so7i of John, 
Gabriel Manigault, 
John Harbison, 
Thomas Postell, 
Abraham Motte, 

1786. 
Edward Allen, jun. 
George Savage. 

1786. 
Archar Smith, 
James Theus, 
Samuel Theus. 

1787. 
Francis Bonneau,, 



89 



Charles Ferguson, jun. 
Charles Brown, 
Peter Porcher, 

1. Joseph Righton, 
Henry Gibbes, 
W. H. Torrans. 

1788. 
Charles Kershaw, 
Christopher Rogers, jun. 
Peter M. Neufville, 
George Bampfield. 

1789. 
John Williams, 
John David Vale, 
Thomas Lockwood, 
John H. Harris. 

1790. 
Peter Trezvant, 
John Spiessegger, jun. 
John Boimetheau, 
William Miller, 
John Ward, 
Edward Weynian, jun. 
William Newton, 
James H. Thomson, 
Isaac Neufville, 
WiUiara Shirtliff. 

1791. 

2. Thomas Lee, 

3. Thomas Lowndes, 
Thomas Turner, 
Robert Vardell, 
John Logau, 
Joseph Dill, jun. 
John M'Call, 
Jeremiah Rose, 
Robert Austin, 
William Sergeant, 
Samviel Rivers, 
Daniel Cahill, 
John Markland, 
Charles Tew, 
Henry Laurens, jun. 
Thomas Tew, 
Joseph Verree, 
Isaac Chandler, 
George Wagner, 
Isaac Huger, jun. 
Francis Huger, 
Alexander Inglis, 
William Marshall, 
Thomas Buckle, 
William Inglis, 
Francis Dickinson. 

1792. 
J. Miller, 
Lewis Trezevant, 



Thomas Martin, 
James O'llear, 
Isaac Edwards, 
Robert G. Harper, 
Edward B. Morgan, 
John C. Folker, 
Isaac M. Dart, 
Richard Wrainch, 
William Jones, 
George Rout, 
Anthony Gabeau, 
William Marshall, 
Thomas Cordes, jun. 
Thomas Ogier, 
John Gaillard, jun. 
Samuel Prioleau, jun. 
Isaac Mazyck, 
Thomas Simons, 

4. William Mazyck, 

5. Samuel Porcher, 
Samuel Gaillard, 
Theodore Gaillard, jun. 
John G. Mayer, 
Thomas R. Graham, 
James Reid, 
Richard Wyatt, 

Q.John White, 
James Macomb. 

1793. 
James Poyas, 
Thomas H. Forrest, 
Thomas Porcher, 
Samuel Wilson, 
A. Ross, 
Thomas Roper, 
7. Robert Hoitard, jun. 
Thomas Elfe, 
Edward Poulton, 
Charles I. Air, 
Alexander Tweed, 
Isaac Teasdale, 
George Whitfield, 
James Morison, 
Thomas Keen, 
William B. Mitchell, 
James Courteney, 
Robert Gibson. 

1794. 

John H. Mitchell, 

William Johnson, jun. 

John L. Poyas, 

Benjamin F. Timothy, 

Theodore Gourdine, 
8 Stephen Thomas, 

John E. Moore, 

Roger Pinckney, 

George Parker, 

John Geyer, 

Humphrey Courtney, 

Daniel D'Oyley, 
9. Henry Deas, 

John Ruberry, jun. 



90 



JohnM. Davis, 
Philip Gadsden, 
Casper C. Shiitt, 
John G. Torrans, 
10. David Alexander. 

1795. 
Thomas Brodie, 
George Verree, 
Francis Saltus, 
Henry Bampfield, 
Thomas Baniptield, 
Henry Bampfield, 
Matthew Hayden, 
James Ballantine, 
James Scot, 
John C. Prioleau. 

1796. 
James M. Ward, 
Charles Hill, 
Francis Motte, 
George Pelor, 
James Ladson, jnu. 
Johnson Hagood, 
Thomas Radcliffe, 
l\. Jeremiah A. Yates, 
LnUe Swain, 
Simon Magwood, 
James Futerell. 

1797. 
John Glen, jun. 
Hugh Paterson, 
Alexander Alexander, jun. 
Keating L. Simons, 
John Johnson, jun. 
Lewis ( )gier, 
John Hodgson, 
William Alexander 

1798. 

12. Joseph Johnsoji, 
Alexander Garden, 
John Bold, 
Jacob Axson, 
Joseph Peace, 
Anthony Toomer, jun. 

13. William Logan, jun. 

14. Hubert Verrcn, 
Edward B. Legge. 

1799. 
William Dawson, 
David Cruger, 
James George 
George Dener, 
John F. Kern. 

1800. 
George Lockey, 
Edward B. Nowell, 
GabrielM. Bouaetheou, 
John Garxaa, 



Micah Jenkins, 
Charles Snowden, 

15. Henry IV. Dcsaussure, 
John Bee Holmes, 
Thomas Bennett, 

16. Edu-ard Simons, 
John Fabre, 

John Dawson, jun. 

17. Richard Yeadon, 
John Hull, 
Samuel E Axson, 

18- J. R. Poinsett. 

ISOl. 
Richard F. Howard, 
Gustavus B. Wallace, 
William Ruberry, 
James Gabeau, 
Tlumias Sheppard, 
Sinclair D. Gervais, 
Sims White, 
Thomas Cochran, jun. 
Seth Lothrop. 
Edward W. VVeymau. 

1802. 
R. Pringle, 
William Best, 

19. William Lee, jun. 
David Deas, 
David Denoon, 
Benjamin Elfe. 

1803. 

20. Thomas H J. rtey, 
John Howard, 

21. Wdliaiii Johnston, 
D- Bruckner, 
Samuel B. Jones, 
Isaac Piio'eau, 
Stephen Lee, jun. 
James Browne, 
C. M. Logan, 
John Ball, 

John Maine, 

22. Daniel C. Webb, 
O'Brien Smith, 
James Broadlbot, 
Elias Smerdon, 
Charles O'Hara, 
Henry U'Hara. 

1804. 
John Legare, 
James Maclieth, 
John Simmons Bee, 
John H. M'Call, 
Joshua Lockwood, jun. 
Frederick Kohne, 

23. Seaman Deas, 
Robert Deas, 

24. Charles D- Dias, 

25. Thomas H. Deas, 
James S. Deas, 
E. L. Uoi-ry, 



91 



Samuel Verree, 
Thomas Hinds, 
John Scott, 
25. James Lnwndcs, 
Pan! Hamilton, 
William Smith, sen. 
Thomas Rhett Smith, 
Peter Smith Bee, 
W. P. Young, 
AViiliam Bee, 

27. Charles John Sleedman, 
Charles Bisjiop, 

John Allen, 

John S. Vaiiderhorst, 

28. Philip G. I'liokuu, 

29. Josiah Taylor, 
Elias Ball, 
Daniel Green, 
B. W. Ruberry. 

1S05. 
Paul S. H. Lee, 
George W Cross, 
James H. Cambridge, 
Lawrence M. Dawson, 
Stephen Mazyck, jiui. 
Hext M'Cali, 
Alexander Howard, 
Henry H. Bacot, 
John L. Nortli, 
John Cochran. 

1806. 

30. David Bailey, 

31. R. B. North, 
William C. Hort, 
William L. Smith, 

32. George Logan, 
Peter Smith. 

1807. 
Isaac Leseone. 
Thomas A. Vardell, 
H. W. Paxton, 

33. WilLiam Ytuilon, 
Jacob Read, 
Tobias Bowles, 
Adam Gilchrist, 
William S. Bennett, 
Myer Moses, 
Lewis Groning, 
William Broadlbot, 
James Cox, 
James Carson. 

1808, 
Robert S. Hort, 
Felix B. Warley, 
Paul T Jones, 
Jonathan Bovvers, 
Samuel H. Lothrop, 
John Teasdale, jun. 

34. Richard Teasdale, 



35. Timothy M'Corm,ick, 
Francis S. Lawson, 

36. Charles P. Dawson, 

37. John E. Bunneau, 
J. E. A. Steinmetz, 
Thomas P. Caitfelle, 
Job P. Miller, 
William H. Bentham, 

38. John linger. 
Henry S. Poyas, 

39. James Ferguson, 
Samuel W. Ferguson, 
Peter Gaillard, jun. 
William Washington, jun. 

40. Joseph F. OHear. 

1809. 
James Brown, 

41. James Jervey. 
William Warley, 
Joseph D. Lafar. 

1810. 
Langdon Cheves, 
George Chisolm, 
Peter X. Lafar, 
Joseph Yates, 
42..racobB. POn, 

James Bentham, jun. 
Joseph W. Clark, 
Samuel Yates, jun.' 
Isaac Ball, 

43. Heniy B Toomer, 

44. Thomas Bennett, jan. 
George A. Z. Smith, 
John Ball, jun. 

45. Morton A. IVaring, 
James Wilson. 

1811. 
S. Lewis Simons, 

46. Robert Bentham, 

47. Joseph Manigaidt, 
Charles Banks, 

48. Henry A- Desaussure, 

49. John Bunnell, 
Thomas Clough, 

50. Maurice Simons, 
Hugh G. Campbell, 

51. Thomas G. Simons, 
William Drayton, 
Samuel Prioleau, jun. 
Joseph Bennett, 

52. John S. Richardson, 

53. Charles Edmondston, 
William Postell. 

1812. 
Simeon Theus, jun. 
I. S. K. Bennett, 

54. William Lance, 

55. Charles Graves, 
Richard Cunningham, 
John F. Trezevant. 



92 



1813. 

56. Joshua W. Toomer, 
James Roddey, 
Robert Primerose, 

57 . Archibald Hhitney, 
Abraham Crouch, 

58. James Poyas, 
Paul Weston, 

59. John Bryan, 
Lewis H. C. Shutt, 
John Lawson. 

1814. 
T. Loughton Smith, 
William Doughty, 
James Doughty, 
CO. Jacob JVarley, 
James Gilchrist, 
R. S. Izard, 

61. John C. You. 

1815. 
Martin Strobe], 
Simon Gabeau, 

62. John M. Righton, 
Hugh Smith, 

63. George Edwards, 
Washington Potter, 

64. George Wagner, 

65. Effingham Wagner, 
John Langton, 
Beekman M'Call, 
William Crafts, jun. 
Thomas W. Roper, 

66. David B. Lafar, 
William Peronneau, 
John M. Ogier. 

1816. 
Charles C. Pinckney, jun. 
Jacob Read, jun. 

67. John R. Rogers, 

68. Samuel S. Spiessegger, 
Francis W. Saltus, 
Francis J. Lee, 

69. Thomas Stephens, 
Daniel Gabeau, 
Thomas Smith, jun. 
Octavius Cripps, 
John E Farr, 

70. Edward W. Bounetheau, 

71. John St07iey. 

1817. 

72. William Mazyck,jun. 

73. William Kuiihardt, 
John Singletary Bennett, 
David D. Bailey, 

74. Abjaham Miiler, 

75. William Mdler, 
John C. Miller, 

76. Jolm J. Lafar, 



Richard W. Humphreys^ 

77. John Wroughton Mitchell, 
Benjamin Matthewes, 
William C. Miller, 

78. William Ball Wilkie, 
James Patison, 

T. Gaillard Skiine. 

1818. 
Charles E. Rowand, 
John Paul, 
Josiah S, Loveli, 
John Ward M'Call, 

79. P. P. Mazyck, 

80. Samuel Wdson,jim. 
Charles S. Mey, 
Symes Bonneau, 
Richard W. Vanderhorst, 

81. Thomas G Prioleau, 
Joshua Ward, 

82. Charles Warley, 

83. David L, Adams, 

84. Joseph P. M'Call, 
Louis Danjon, 
James Wilson, 

85. Charles Kiddell, 
Peter Timothy, 
Richard Osborn, 

86. William A. Hayne, 

87. Robert B. Gilchrist, 
Solomon Saltus, 
William Price, jun, 
William Allan, 

88. Thomas Milliken, 
Charles Urquhart, 

89. Joseph Mason Dill, 
Josiah J. Darrell, 
Edward P. Simon?, 
Charles W. D'Oyley, 
John Byrd, 

Jacob Wultr, 
Edward R. M'Call, 

90. Peter Crovat. 

1819. 

91. William H. Wilson, 

92. Doddridge Crocker, 

93. John F. Edwards, 

94. George Timmons, 

95. James O'Hear, 
Joseph B. Paine, 
John Holmes, 
Joseph T. Weyman, 
Peter Bacot, 
Alfred S. Gaillard, 
John R. Wyatt, 

A. J. Browne. 

1820. 

96. Robert R. Bee, 
George Perman, 
Henry W. Lubbock, 
Stephen Thomas, jun. 



93 



97. James Welsman, 

98. James S. Johnson, 
Elias Horry. 

1821. 
Augustus T. Gaillard, 

99. Edward W. North, 
Thomas P. Chiffelie, 

100. John J. Alexander, 
John H. Blake, 
Isaac M. Wilsou. 

1822. 

101. BartholomeiD Gaillard, 

102. Thomas O. Lotcndes, 
Moses Andrews, 
W. H. Mitchell, 

103. John Lewis Poyas. 

1823. 
Da\id Ramsay, 

104. Newman Kershaw, 
Godfrey C. Schutt, 

10.5. Joseph L. En slow, 

106. John G. Schutt, 

107. Frederick IVcsncr. 

1824. 

108. George Cliisolm,jun. 

109. Francis Lance, 
Ezra Benjamin, 

110. James A. Miller. 

1S25. 

111. Charles A. Mag wood, 
Henry Laurens, 

112. Nathaniel Bowen, 

113. Barnard E. Bee, 

114. Oliver L. Dohsnn, 
115 Benjamin D. Roper, 

116. William Mason Smith,. 

117. Francis C. Black, 
William H. Evans, 

118. Henry Canaday, 

119. Benjamin Smith, 
120.. JVilliam States Lee.. 

1826. 
John G. Eraser, 

121. A. E. Miller, 

122. IViUiam Hall, 
James Mitchell, 

123. John JVagner, 

124. Isaac E. Holmes, 
James English, 

125. Jeremiah D. Yates, 

126. Elias B. Hart, 

127 Thomas Legare,jun. 

128. Henry W. Peronneau,. 

129. Richard W. Cogdell, 
Pliilip S. Porcher, 
D. Jennings Waring, 

130. Arthur Buist, 

131. Gcori'e Thompson, 

132. James A. Miller, jun. 

133. Samuel Gilman. 

1827. 
234. George Kinloch, 

13 



135. George W. White, 

136. T. W. Bacot,jun. 

137. William C. Dukes, 

138. Thomas Gadsden, 

139. William L. Porter, 

140. William Carter, 

141. Randal Robinson, 
142 Christian Hanckel, 

John H Dawson, 
143.//. P. Dawes, 

144. W. G. Rout, 

145. George W. Eglcston, 

146. W. A. Caldwell, 

147 Robert Eager, 

148 Robert Ahlrich, 

149. C. G. Morris, 

150. B. F. Pepoon, 

151. Edward Blake, 

152. John Robinson, 
John T. Robinson, 
Isaac A. Johnson, 
James Ramsay, 

153. William Waller, 

154. Alexander Mazyck, 
M. I. Keith, 

155. J. W. Chcesborough, 

156. A. W. Campbell, 
157* Thomas Price, 

158. William Paterson, 

159. Francis D. Porjas, 

160. William Roper Brailsford, 
James H. Spears, 

161. Joseph IFhildcn, 
Frederick Laurens, 
Edward Bacon, 

162. Robert Anderson, 
Lawrence E. Dawson, 

163. John C. Pillans, 

164. George Creitzhurg, 

165. William Burgoyne, 
William A. Holmes, 

166. JoAn Parker, jun. 

167. Robert Brown, 
William Smith, 

168. Thomas John Gantt,. 
Thomas Mitchell, 

169. Bfujamin S. Smith, 
J. M. Cftmpbell, 

170. Wisicalt Jones, 
Edward Brailsford, 

171. John V. Parker, 
172^ Alexander Gibson. 

1828, 
173.. J". T. Gaillard, 
174- A. Barbot, 

175. Francis Duqucrcron,. 

176. Thomas Davis, 
Thomas L. Jones, 

177. Joseph H. Waring,. 

178. Daniel E. Hugcr, 

179. John Deicees, 
180 Edward Mazyck, 

181. Stephen G. Deveaux^ 
John R. Matthews^ 

182. Robert Lebby, 
183.. John Mullin^9„ 



94 



184. James Gaillard, 

185. M. L. Hwdbut, 
186 John Davis,. 

187. David Myers, 
Alexander Beriy, 

188. Lionel H. Kennedy, 
l)-9. Humucl Alexander, 
190. Ker Boycc, 

19 \. Henry F. Faber, 

192. Jo>!e]jh IF. Faber, 

193. Edwin P. Starr. 

1829. 

Jacob Davis, 

194. Thoiniis R. Vardell, 

195. Tlujmas S. Biidd.. 

1830. 

196. C. R. Holmes, 
Edward R. Laurens, 

197. Richard Yeadon,jun. 
S. P. Monk. 

1S3L 
E. W. Roper, 
Henry Alexander, 
Francis S. Yates, 
Wdlium Ravcncl, 
Robert M. Allan, 
D. Pinckney Johnston, 
JVilliam Aiken, 
Eli as Ball, 
James C. Narris, 
C. J. Colcock, 
Fisher Gadsden, 
Josiah S. Payne. 



198. 
199. 
200. 
201. 
202. 
203. 
204, 

205. 
20G. 
207, 
208. 

18.32. 

209. Thomas Stccdman, 

210. James Stccdman, 

212. John M. Van Rhyn, 

213. Daniel G. Joye, 

214. Samuel If. Stevens, 
'Hl'i.John L. Poyas,jun. 

216. Charles Stccdman. 

1833, 

217. Neill McNeill, 

218. Charles A. Dcsa^issji}, 

219. Allston J. White, 

220. Franklin J. Moses, 

221. Henry Morris. 

1834. 
M. P. Walsh, 

222. James LcQare, 

223. Gihbs F. Cravat, 

224. Theodore Dvhosc, 

225. George W. Logan, 

226. Thomas M. Logan, 

227. John Berwick Lcgare, 

228. Solomon Legare, 

229. Alexander Gordon, 

230. Louis P. Speisscgger. 

1835. 

231. JrUlifim E. Haynt, 

232. Henry Ravenel, 



233. Abraham TobioSr 

234. Alonzo J. While, 

235. Victor Dur'ind, 

236. J. B. Whitridge. 

237. Alexander H. Bmcn. 

1836. 
James Hamilton, 
W. Mazyck Porchcr, 
Thomas Y. Simons, 
George T. Taylor, 
David S. Yates, 
James L. Yates, 
Robert R. Taylor, 
Thomas W Boone, 
Benjamin Perry, 
G. H. Smith, 
James IV. Gray, 
H. B. Toomcr,jii7i. 
Thomas L. Webb, 
Robert Q. Pinckney, 
G. 77. In graham, 
Thomas W. Porchcr, 
Thomas Porcher, 
Edward McCready,. 
E. IV. Walter, 
Thomas M. Hazcll, 
P. H. Waring, 
Riley Creitzburg, 
James P. Jervey,. 
William Jcrvcy. 



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238. 
239. 
240. 
241. 
242. 
243. 
244. 
245. 
246. 
247. 
248. 
249. 
250. 
251. 
252: 
253. 
2.54. 
255 
256. 
257. 
258. 
259. 
260. 
261. 

262. 
263. 
£iJ4 
265. 
266. 
267. 
268. 
269. 
270. 
271. 
272. 
273! 
274. 
275. 

76. 

»77. 



1837. 

D. C. Levy, 
James Macbeth, 
O. L. Whitney, 
Peter J. Stider, 
Robert Macbeth, 
J. M. ShacUrford, 
George Dener, 
John Ward, 
M. C. Mordccai, 

E. Horry Deas, 
Daniel D. Graves, 
James T. Welsman„ 
Palmer J. Pillans, 
R. E. Brown, 
C. M. Furman, 
Mc^Kcw7i Johnston. 

Not yet elected on the Anniversary 

278. A. B. Lord, 

279. Daniel Ravenel, 

280. Henry C. Tovcy, 

281 . Otis Mills, 

282. IV. Peronnenu Finley, 

283. Edward P. Millikcn, 

284. H. B. Bownctheau, 

285. Thomas W. Bacot,jun. 

286. George C. Logan, 

287. Lawrence A. EdmondsloK 

288. A. P. Trouchc. 






















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